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| Tue: 08/27 |
Introduction to Computer Organization
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Reference: COD §§1.1–1.3 |
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| Thu: 08/29 |
Introduction to MIPS
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Reference: COD §§2.1–2.3 COD §§B.9–B.10 |
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| Week 2 | |||||
| Tue: 09/03 |
Registers, Instructions, and System Calls
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Reference: COD §§2.1–2.3 COD §§B.9–B.10 |
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| Thu: 09/05 |
Numbers
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Reference: COD §§2.4–2.5 |
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| Week 3 | |||||
| Tue: 09/10 |
Machine Code
Slides Printable |
Reference: COD §§2.6–2.7 |
Due: Assignment 1 |
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| Thu: 09/12 |
Logic and Branching
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Reference: COD §§2.6–2.7 |
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| Week 4 | |||||
| Tue: 09/17 |
Arrays
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Reference: COD §2.8–2.10 |
Due: Assignment 2 |
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| Thu: 09/19 |
Procedures
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Reference: COD §2.8 |
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| Week 5 | |||||
| Tue: 09/24 |
Gates and Truth Tables
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Reference: How Does a Transistor Work? COD §§C.1–C.3 |
Due: Assignment 3 |
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| Thu: 09/26 |
Exam 1
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Due: Exam 1 |
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| Week 6 | |||||
| Tue: 10/01 |
Combinational Logic
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Reference: COD §C.3 |
Due: Assignment 4 |
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| Thu: 10/03 |
Constructing an Adder and an ALU
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Reference: COD §C.5 |
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| Week 7 | |||||
| Tue: 10/08 |
Subtraction, Sequential Logic
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Reference: COD §§C.5,C.7–C.8 |
Due: Assignment 5 |
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| Thu: 10/10 |
Sequential Logic
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Reference: COD §§C.7–C.8 |
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| Week 8 | |||||
| Tue: 10/15 |
Fall Break - no class
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| Thu: 10/17 |
Memory
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Reference: COD §C.9,§4.1 |
Due: Assignment 6 |
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| Week 9 | |||||
| Tue: 10/22 |
Exam 2 (attendance optional)
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Due: Exam 2 |
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| Thu: 10/24 |
The Datapath
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Reference: COD §§4.1–4.3 |
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| Week 10 | |||||
| Tue: 10/29 |
Control
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Reference: COD §4.4 |
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| Thu: 10/31 |
Instruction Execution Stages
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Reference: COD §4.5 |
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| Week 11 | |||||
| Tue: 11/05 |
Pipelining
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Reference: COD §§4.5–4.8 |
Due: Assignment 7 |
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| Thu: 11/07 |
Pipeline Hazards, Caching
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Reference: COD §4.7–4.8, 5.1–5.4 |
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| Week 12 | |||||
| Tue: 11/12 |
Introduction to C and the Command Line
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Reference: C for Python Programmers |
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| Thu: 11/14 |
The Basics of C
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Reference: C for Python Programmers Learn the Basics tutorials |
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| Week 13 | |||||
| Tue: 11/19 |
Strings, Arrays, and Pointers
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Reference: Strings tutorial Arrays tutorial Pointers tutorial |
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| Thu: 11/21 |
Dynamic Memory Allocation
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Reference: Dynamic Allocation tutorial Arrays and Pointers tutorial |
Due: Assignment 8 |
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| Week 14 | |||||
| Tue: 11/26 |
Exam 3 work day - no class meeting
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Due: Exam 3 |
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| Thu: 11/28 |
Thanksgiving Break - no class
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| Week 15 | |||||
| Tue: 12/03 |
Structs and Files
Slides Printable |
Reference: Structures tutorial File I/O tutorial |
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| Thu: 12/05 |
C Wrap Up
Slides Printable |
Reference: Structures tutorial File I/O tutorial |
Due: Assignment 9 |
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| Week 16 | |||||
| Tue: 12/10 |
No class meeting (Exam 4 due)
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Due: Exam 4 |
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| Thu: 12/12 |
No class meeting
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