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| Tue: 08/30 |
Introduction to Computer Organization
Slides Printable |
Reference: COD §§1.1–1.3 |
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| Thu: 09/01 |
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: 09/06 |
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: 09/08 |
Numbers and Machine Code
Slides Printable |
Reference: COD §§2.4–2.5 |
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| Week 3 | |||||
| Tue: 09/13 |
Machine Code, Logical Operations, and Conditionals
Slides Printable |
Reference: COD §§2.6–2.7 |
Due: Assignment 1 |
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| Thu: 09/15 |
Branching and Arrays
Slides Printable |
Reference: COD §§2.7,2.10 |
Due: Assignment 2 |
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| Week 4 | |||||
| Tue: 09/20 |
Arrays and Procedures
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Reference: COD §2.8–2.10 |
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| Thu: 09/22 |
Non-Leaf Procedures and the System Stack
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Reference: COD §2.8–2.10 |
Due: Assignment 3 |
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| Week 5 | |||||
| Tue: 09/27 |
Exam/Assignment Work day (attendance optional)
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Due: Assignment 4 |
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| Thu: 09/29 |
Gates and Truth Tables
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Reference: How Does a Transistor Work? COD §§C.1–C.3 |
Due: Exam 1 |
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| Week 6 | |||||
| Tue: 10/04 |
Combinational Logic
Slides Printable |
Reference: COD §C.3 |
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| Thu: 10/06 |
Constructing an Adder and an ALU
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Reference: COD §C.5 |
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| Week 7 | |||||
| Tue: 10/11 |
Subtraction, Sequential Logic
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Reference: COD §§C.5,C.7–C.8 |
Due: Assignment 5 |
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| Thu: 10/13 |
Sequential Logic
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Reference: COD §§C.7–C.8 |
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| Week 8 | |||||
| Thu: 10/20 |
Memory
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Reference: COD §C.9,§4.1 |
Due: Assignment 6 |
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| Week 9 | |||||
| Tue: 10/25 |
Exam Work Day, no class meeting
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Due: Exam 2 |
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| Thu: 10/27 |
The Datapath
Slides Printable |
Reference: COD §§4.1–4.3 |
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| Week 10 | |||||
| Tue: 11/01 |
Control
Slides Printable |
Reference: COD §4.4 |
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| Thu: 11/03 |
Instruction Execution Stages
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Reference: COD §4.5 |
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| Week 11 | |||||
| Tue: 11/08 |
Pipelining
Slides Printable |
Reference: COD §§4.5–4.8 |
Due: Assignment 7 |
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| Thu: 11/10 |
Pipeline Hazards, Caching
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Reference: COD §4.7–4.8, 5.1–5.4 |
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| Week 12 | |||||
| Tue: 11/15 |
Introduction to C and the Command Line
Slides Printable |
Reference: C for Python Programmers |
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| Thu: 11/17 |
The Basics of C
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Reference: C for Python Programmers Learn the Basics tutorials |
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| Week 13 | |||||
| Tue: 11/22 |
Exam Work Day, no class meeting
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Due: Exam 3 |
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| Week 14 | |||||
| Tue: 11/29 |
Strings, Arrays, and Pointers
Slides Printable |
Reference: Strings tutorial Arrays tutorial Pointers tutorial |
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| Thu: 12/01 |
Dynamic Memory Allocation
Slides Printable |
Reference: Dynamic Allocation tutorial Arrays and Pointers tutorial |
Due: Assignment 8 |
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| Week 15 | |||||
| Tue: 12/06 |
Structs and Files
Slides Printable |
Reference: Structures tutorial File I/O tutorial |
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| Thu: 12/08 |
C Wrap Up
Slides Printable |
Reference: Structures tutorial File I/O tutorial |
Due: Assignment 9 |
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| Week 16 | |||||
| Tue: 12/13 |
Finals Week, no class meeting
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Due: Exam 4 |
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