Solutions for Quiz #2 have been posted.
| Date | Topic | Reading | Notes |
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| Tue 1/24 | Introduction | Ch: 1.1 - 1.6, 1.9.1, 1.9.3, 1.10 | |
| Fri 1/25 | Lab 0: Computer Autopsy | ||
| Tue 1/29 | Information Storage: Bits and Bytes | Ch: 2.1 | |
| Thu 1/31 | 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. |
| Fri 2/1 | Lab1: Data Representation and Bitwise Logic | K&R Ch: 1 & 2 (optional) | Due 2/12 |
| Tue 2/5 | Integer Arithmetic | Ch: 2.3 | |
| Thu 2/7 | Floating Point Numbers | Ch: 2.4 | |
| Fri 2/8 | Lab 1 Continued / Quiz #1 Review | ||
| Tue 2/12 | Machine Programming: Introduction and Addressing Modes | Ch: 3.1 - 3.4 | |
| Thu 2/14 | Machine Programming: Arithmetic, Logic, and Jumps | Ch: 3.5 & 3.6 | |
| Fri 2/15 | Quiz #1 | Quiz1 Study Guide Quiz1 Practice Problems Quiz1 Practice Solutions |
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| Tue 2/19 | Machine Programming: Looping and Switch Statements | Ch: 3.6 | |
| Thu 2/21 | Machine Programming: Procedures | Ch: 3.7 | |
| Fri 2/22 | Lab2: Binary Bomb | Due: 3/7 | |
| Tue 2/26 | Machine Programming: Data | Ch: 3.8 & 3.9 | |
| Thu 2/28 | No Class | ||
| Fri 3/1 | Lab 2 Continued | ||
| Tue 3/5 | Machine Programming: Buffer Overflow Attacks | Ch: 3.10 | Example |
| Thu 3/7 | Buffer Overflow Wrapup | Ch: 3.10 | |
| Fri 3/8 | Lab 3: Attack Lab | Due: 4/2 | |
| Tue 3/26 | Logic Design | Ch: 4.1 | |
| Thu 3/28 | Sequential Logic | Ch: 4.2 | |
| Fri 3/29 | Lab 3 Continued | ||
| Tue 4/2 | Instruction Set Architecture | Ch: 4.1 | len.ys |
| Thu 4/4 | Sequential Implementation: Part 1 | Ch: 4.3 | |
| Fri 4/5 | Quiz #2 | Quiz2 Study Guide Quiz2 Practice Problems Quiz2 Practice Solutions |
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| Tue 4/9 | Sequential Implementation: Part 2 | Ch: 4.3 | |
| Thu 4/11 | Pipelined Implementation: Part 1 | Ch: 4.4 & 4.5 | |
| Fri 4/12 | Lab 4: Writing Y86-64 Programs | Due: 4/18 | |
| Tue 4/16 | Pipelined Implementation: Part 2 | Ch: 4.5 | |
| Thu 4/18 | Processor Wrap-up | Ch: 4.5 | |
| Fri 4/19 | Lab 5: Processor Code Optimization | Due: 4/29 loopunroll.tar |
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| Tue 4/23 | Memory Hierarchy | Ch: 6.1 - 6.3 | |
| Thu 4/25 | Caching 1 | Ch: 6.1 | |
| Fri 4/26 | Lab 5 Continued | ||
| Tue 4/30 | Lab 6: Caching Simulator | Due: 5/10 | |
| Thu 5/2 | Caching 2 | Ch: 6.5 & 6.6 | |
| Fri 5/3 | Lab 6 Continued | ||
| Tue 5/7 | Optimization | Ch: 5.1 - 5.11 | |
| Tue 5/21 | Final: 9am - 11am | Olmsted Hall 266 |