Schedule
Below is the tentative course schedule for the term. The “tentative” is key since the schedule will almost certainly change throughout the term.
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| Mon: 08/30 |
Introduction to Computer Organization
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Reading: COD §§1.1–1.3 |
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| Wed: 09/01 |
Using the Command Line
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Reading: Compiling a C Program |
Due: Assignment 1 |
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| Week 2 | |||||
| Wed: 09/08 |
Introduction to C
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Reading: C for Python Programmers |
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| Week 3 | |||||
| Mon: 09/13 |
Mastering the Basics of C
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Reading: All the Learn the Basics tutorials |
Due: Quiz 1 |
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| Wed: 09/15 |
Pointers, Structures, and Malloc
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Reading: First five Advanced tutorials |
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| Week 4 | |||||
| Mon: 09/20 |
Recursion, Unions, and More
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Reading: Recursion Unions Pointer Arithmetics Bitmasks |
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| Wed: 09/22 |
Pause for Breath
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Due: Assignment 2 |
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| Week 5 | |||||
| Mon: 09/27 |
Midterm Exam 1
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| Wed: 09/29 |
Introduction to MIPS
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Reading: COD §§2.1–2.3 |
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| Week 6 | |||||
| Mon: 10/04 |
Numbers and Machine Code
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Reading: COD §§2.4–2.5 |
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| Wed: 10/06 |
Logial Operations and Conditionals
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Reading: COD §§2.6–2.7 |
Due: Quiz 2 |
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| Week 7 | |||||
| Mon: 10/11 |
Procedures
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Reading: COD §2.8 |
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| Wed: 10/13 |
Strings, Arrays, and Addressing
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Reading: COD §§2.9–2.10 |
Due: Quiz 3 |
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| Week 8 | |||||
| Wed: 10/20 |
Program Translation
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Reading: COD §§2.12–2.13 |
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| Week 9 | |||||
| Mon: 10/25 |
Pause for Breath
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Due: Assignment 3 |
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| Wed: 10/27 |
Midterm Exam 2
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| Week 10 | |||||
| Mon: 11/01 |
Gates, Truth Tables, and Boolean Algebra
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Reading: How Does a Transistor Work? COD §§C.1–C.2 |
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| Wed: 11/03 |
Combinational Logic
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Reading: COD §C.3 |
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| Week 11 | |||||
| Mon: 11/08 |
Arithmetic and Floating Point Numbers
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Reading: COD §§3.2, 3.5 (Stop After p. 254) |
Due: Quiz 4 |
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| Wed: 11/10 |
Constructing a Basic ALU
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Reading: COD §C.5 |
Due: Assignment 4 |
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| Week 12 | |||||
| Mon: 11/15 |
Sequential Logic
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Reading: COD §§C.7–C.8 |
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| Wed: 11/17 |
SRAM and DRAM
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Reading: COD §C.9 |
Due: Assignment 5 |
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| Week 13 | |||||
| Mon: 11/22 |
Midterm Exam 3
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| Week 14 | |||||
| Mon: 11/29 |
The Datapath
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Reading: COD §§4.1–4.4 |
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| Wed: 12/01 |
Pipelining
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Reading: COD §§4.5–4.6 |
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| Week 15 | |||||
| Mon: 12/06 |
Pipeline Hazards
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Reading: COD §4.7–4.8 |
Due: Quiz 5 |
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| Wed: 12/08 |
Caching
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Reading: COD §§5.1–5.4 |
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| Final Evaluation Week | |||||
| Mon: 12/13 |
Final Examination 7:30--9:20am, Meredith Hall 0101 |
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