Lab 2 has been posted. It is due 10/17.
| Date | Topic | Reading | Notes |
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| Tue 9/3 | Introduction | Ch: 1.1 - 1.6, 1.9.1, 1.9.3, 1.10 | square.c |
| Thu 9/5 | Information Storage: Bits and Bytes | Ch: 2.1 | |
| Fri 9/6 | Lab 0: Computer Autopsy | ||
| Tue 9/10 | Integer Representations | Ch: 2.2 | There is a lot of mathematical notation in this section. Focus on the concepts and don’t worry too much about the notation. |
| Thu 9/12 | Integer Arithmetic | Ch: 2.3 | |
| Fri 9/13 | Lab 1: Data Representation and Bitwise Logic | K&R Ch: 1 & 2 (optional) | |
| Tue 9/17 | Floating Point Numbers | Ch: 2.4 | |
| Thu 9/19 | Machine Programming: Introduction and Addressing Modes | Ch: 3.1 - 3.4 | |
| Fri 9/20 | Lab 1 Continued / Quiz #1 Review | Quiz1 Practice Problems Quiz1 Practice Solutions |
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| Tue 9/24 | Machine Programming: Arithmetic, Logic, and Jumps | Ch: 3.5 & 3.6 | |
| Thu 9/26 | Machine Programming: Looping and Switch Statements | Ch: 3.6 | |
| Fri 9/27 | Quiz #1 | ||
| Tue 10/1 | Machine Programming: Procedures | Ch: 3.7 | |
| Thu 10/3 | Machine Programming: Data | Ch: 3.8 & 3.9 | |
| Fri 10/4 | Lab2: Binary Bomb | Due: 10/17 | |
| Tue 10/8 | Machine Programming: Buffer Overflow Attacks | Ch: 3.10 | |
| Thu 10/10 | Logic Design | Ch: 4.1 | |
| Fri 10/11 | Lab 2 Continued | ||
| Tue 10/15 | Sequential Logic | Ch: 4.2 | |
| Thu 10/17 | Instruction Set Architecture | Ch: 4.1 | |
| Fri 10/18 | Lab 3: Attack Lab | ||
| Tue 10/22 | No Class: Break | ||
| Thu 10/24 | No Class: Break | ||
| Fri 10/25 | No Class: Break | ||
| Tue 10/29 | Sequential Implementation: Part 1 | Ch: 4.3 | |
| Thu 10/31 | Sequential Implementation: Part 2 | Ch: 4.3 | |
| Fri 11/1 | Lab 3 Continued | ||
| Tue 11/5 | Pipelined Implementation: Part 1 | Ch: 4.4 & 4.5 | |
| Thu 11/7 | Pipelined Implementation: Part 2 | Ch: 4.5 | |
| Fri 11/8 | Quiz #2 | ||
| Tue 11/12 | No class | ||
| Thu 11/14 | Processor Wrap-up | Ch: 4.5 | |
| Fri 11/15 | Lab 4: Writing Y86-64 Programs | ||
| Tue 11/19 | Memory Hierarchy | Ch: 6.1 - 6.3 | |
| Thu 11/21 | Caching 1 | Ch: 6.1 | |
| Fri 11/22 | Lab 5: Processor Code Optimization | ||
| Tue 11/26 | Caching 2 | Ch: 6.5 & 6.6 | |
| Thu 11/28 | No Class: Thanksgiving | ||
| Fri 11/29 | No Class: Thanksgiving | ||
| Tue 12/3 | Optimization 1 | Ch: 5.1 - 5.11 | |
| Thu 12/5 | Optimization 2 | Ch: 5.1 - 5.11 | |
| Fri 12/6 | Lab 6: Caching Simulator | ||
| Tue 12/10 | Course Wrap-up | ||
| Wed 12/11 | Lab 6 Continued |