Schedule
Week 0 |
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| L00 | Tue, Aug 27 |
Introduction and C Intro
[ pdf
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Course administrivia. Basic variables, function declarations, compiling, command-line args, and printing in C.
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| L01 | Thu, Aug 29 |
C Intro (cont.)
[ pdf
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C Pointers & Compilation
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Week 1 |
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Check-in00 Due
(Syllabus, Pointers & Compilation) due @ 01:45 pm on Tue, Sep 03 |
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| L02 | Tue, Sep 03 |
Bits, Bytes, 2's Compliment, Overflow
[ pdf
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Bits, Bytes, 2's Compliment, arithmetic operations, integer overflow
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| L03 | Thu, Sep 05 |
Binary Wrap Up & Basic C Memory Model
[ pdf
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Binary wrap up, C memory as an array of bytes, strings, arrays, pointers, stack & local variables.
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hw00 Due
(approx.c) due @ 11:59 pm on Fri, Sep 06 |
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Week 2 |
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Check-in01 Due
() due @ 01:45 pm on Tue, Sep 10 |
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| L04 | Tue, Sep 10 |
C Memory Model cont. & Dynamic Memory Allocation
[ pdf
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Global Memory, The Stack, The Heap, Memory Errors & Valgrind
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| R00 | Wed, Sep 11 |
Recitation00: Binary Representation [ slides ]
2C, Hexadecimal, double pointers in C
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Survey00 Due
(Pre-semester Meeting) due @ 11:59 pm on Wed, Sep 11 |
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| L05 | Thu, Sep 12 |
C Memory Model cont.
[ pdf
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Memory Errors & Valgrind, Makefiles, Making Data Structures
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hw01 Due
(Binary Puzzles) due @ 11:59 pm on Fri, Sep 13 |
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Week 3 |
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Check-in02 Due
() due @ 01:45 pm on Tue, Sep 17 |
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| L06 | Tue, Sep 17 |
C Wrap-up
[ pdf
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void pointers, C memory, more practice, and general lingering questions
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| R01 | Wed, Sep 18 |
Recitation01: Makefiles & C Tools [ slides ]
Makefiles, GDB, Valgrind
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| L07 | Thu, Sep 19 |
Intro to CMOS & Logic Gates
[ pdf
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Brief Circuits & Physics, Introduction to CMOS transistors, Designing CMOS Circuits, Logic Gates (Start)
bonus_transistor_internals.pdf
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hw02 Due
(cstring) due @ 11:59 pm on Fri, Sep 20 |
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Week 4 |
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Check-in03 Due
() due @ 01:45 pm on Tue, Sep 24 |
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| L08 | Tue, Sep 24 |
Logic Gates, PLAs, Timing & Delay
[ pdf
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Designing CMOS (cont.), Gates, PLAs, Gate Delays & Other physical world concerns
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| R02 | Wed, Sep 25 |
Recitation02: Reading & Parsing user input, Hardware Start [ slides ]
Pointers, malloc & valgrind refresher, getline, sscanf, Designing CMOS Circuits
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| L09 | Thu, Sep 26 |
Boolean Logic & Simplification, Combinational Logic
[ pdf
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Boolean Logic & Simplification, Incrementer, Adder, Subtracter, Muxes, Multiplier
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hw03 Due
(rpn) due @ 11:59 pm on Fri, Sep 27 |
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Week 5 |
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Check-in04 Due
() due @ 01:45 pm on Tue, Oct 01 |
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| L10 | Tue, Oct 01 | Mux, and more practice [ pdf ] | ||
| R03 | Wed, Oct 02 |
Recitation03: CMOS & Logic Gates
Boolean Algebra, Truth Tables, CMOS Design, Logic Gates
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hw04 Due
(Written HW #1) due @ 11:59 pm on Wed, Oct 02 |
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Week 6 |
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| L11 | Tue, Oct 08 |
Sequential Logic
SR Latch, D Latch, Clock, Timing, D Flip Flops
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| R04 | Wed, Oct 09 |
Recitation04: Combinatorial Logic
PLA's, Gates, Gate Delay, Simplification, Mux
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| L12 | Thu, Oct 10 |
Sequential Logic Cont. & Memory & Registers
Clock, D Flip Flops, Hardware -> Memory & Registers
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hw05 Due
(Written HW #2) due @ 11:59 pm on Fri, Oct 11 |
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Week 7 |
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| Check-in05 Due
() due @ 01:45 pm on Tue, Oct 15 |
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| L13 | Tue, Oct 15 |
Midterm Review
Midterm Practice Questions made by Travis & Joel
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| R05 | Wed, Oct 16 |
Recitation05: Midterm Review
Midterm Review
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| Ex0 | Thu, Oct 17 | Midterm Exam Thu 01:45 pm - Thu 03:15 pm @ STIT 261 [more info to be released] | ||
Week 8 |
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| Check-in06 Due
() due @ 01:45 pm on Tue, Oct 22 |
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| L14 | Tue, Oct 22 |
RISC-V ISA
RISC-V examples, labels, memory, RISC-V instruction overview
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| R06 | Wed, Oct 23 |
Recitation06: Sequential Logic
Latch, Flip Flops, Clock & Timing, Flip Flop "Memory"
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| L15 | Thu, Oct 24 |
RISC-V, RISC-V Control Structures & RISC-V Memory
RISC-V Control Structures, Pointers, Memory, Strings, Arrays
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| hw06 Due
(Written HW #3) due @ 11:59 pm on Fri, Oct 25 |
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Week 9 |
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| Check-in07 Due
() due @ 01:45 pm on Tue, Oct 29 |
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| L16 | Tue, Oct 29 |
RISC-V Subroutines, C File I/O & RISC-V Single Cycle Processor
File I/O, Binary Files, Endianness, RISC-V Single Cycle Processor
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| R07 | Wed, Oct 30 |
Recitation07: RISC-V
RISC-V ASM Design & Practice, Binary Operations & Masks refresher, Decoding RISC-V Instructions from Binary
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| L17 | Thu, Oct 31 |
RISC-V Single Cycle Processor & Control Signals Cont.
RISC-V Single Cycle Processor & Control Signals Cont.
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| hw07 Due
(RISC-V Programminng & Disas Milestone) due @ 11:59 pm on Fri, Nov 01 |
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Week 10 |
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| Check-in08 Due
() due @ 01:45 pm on Tue, Nov 05 |
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| L18 | Tue, Nov 05 |
Processor Wrapup, I/O & Memory Hierarchy (brief)
RISC-V Processor, Video Memory & Devices, Memory Heirarchy,
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| R08 | Wed, Nov 06 |
Recitation08: Datapth
Single-cycle Processor Components, Control Signals, Making part of the decoder (logic gates)
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| L19 | Thu, Nov 07 |
C: Refresher
Pointers, Macros, Control Structures, Pointer Arith, GDB, C -> ASM (starT)
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| hw08 Due
(Disas) due @ 11:59 pm on Fri, Nov 08 |
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Week 11 |
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| L20 | Tue, Nov 12 |
Translating C to ASM
C to ASM, Control Structures, Accessing Memory
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| R09 | Wed, Nov 13 |
Recitation09: Binary Files
Bitwise Operations, Endianness, C File I/O, hexdump
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| L21 | Thu, Nov 14 |
C -> RISC-V
C to ASM, Calling Conventions & Stack Start
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| hw09 Due
(HashTable) due @ 11:59 pm on Fri, Nov 15 |
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Week 12 |
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| Check-in10 Due
() due @ 01:45 pm on Tue, Nov 19 |
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| L22 | Tue, Nov 19 |
Calling Conventions, Implications of the Stack
Calling Conventions (cont.), Stack Frames, Overhead & Runtime Concerns
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| R10 | Wed, Nov 20 |
Recitation10: J Compiler
J Compiler Overview
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| L23 | Thu, Nov 21 | Special Topics: Saftey | ||
| hw10 Due
(Toeknizer) due @ 11:59 pm on Fri, Nov 22 |
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Week 13 |
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| Check-in11 Due
() due @ 01:45 pm on Tue, Nov 26 |
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| L24 | Tue, Nov 26 | Special Topics: History, Modern Processors | ||
| R11 | Wed, Nov 27 |
Recitation11: J Compiler Pt. 2
Calling Conventions, J Compiler Pt.2 overview
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Week 14 |
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| L25 | Tue, Dec 03 | Special Topics: C++ & Future Courses | ||
| R12 | Wed, Dec 04 |
Recitation12: J Compiler Office Hours
HW10 Office hours
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| hw11 Due
(penn-forth) due @ 11:59 pm on Wed, Dec 04 |
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| L26 | Thu, Dec 05 | Course Wrap-Up | ||
Week 15 |
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| R13 | Wed, Dec 11 |
Recitation13: Final Exam Review
Final Exam Review
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