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| Week | Day | Date | Lecture Slides | Lecture Topic | Lab | Project / Homework | Relevant Reading |
| html | Comments after class was completed; read before using class material. | ||||||
| 1 | Wed | 30-Aug | ps, pdf, ppt | Intro: computer anatomy, course overview | 1: Logon, read/write email, newsgroup, simple program | COD: 1.1, 1.2,1.3, 1.6, 1.7 | |
| Fri | 1-Sep | ps, pdf, ppt | C vs. Java quick review | HW1:
Ch 1 homework
solution |
K&R: 5.1- 5.5, 8.7 | ||
| 2 | Wed | 6-Sep | ps, pdf, ppt | Number representation (2s comp, overflow) & Logical | 2:
Base conversion C program
solution |
COD: 4.1,4.2,4.3, 4.4; K&R: 2.2, 2.6, 2.9, 6.9 | |
| Fri | 8-Sep | ps, pdf, ppt | C/ASM Operations, Operands, Immediates | Proj1:
Philspel
solution HW2: Ch 3 homework 1 solution |
COD:3.1, 3.2, 3.3; K&R: 1.1, 1.2,1.6, 2.4, 2.5 | ||
| 3 | Wed | 13-Sep | ps, pdf, ppt | C/ASM Decisions: if, goto, while, case | 3:
1st MIPS program
solution |
COD: 3.5; 3.8 (page 145); K&R: 1.3, 3.1-3.8 | |
| Fri | 15-Sep | ps, pdf, ppt | Machine Representation | HW3:
Ch 3 homework 2
solution |
COD: 3.4, 3.8 | ||
| 4 | Wed | 20-Sep | ps, pdf, ppt, err | C/ASM Procedures: conventions, stack | 4: Debugging MIPS | COD: A.6 | |
| Fri | 22-Sep | ps, pdf, ppt | Disassmebly; C/ASM functions, arrays, pointers C/ASM , Multiply/Divide | Proj2:
sprintf
solution |
COD: 3.6; K&R: 1.7, 1.8, 4.1-4.10 | ||
| 5 | Wed | 27-Sep | ps, pdf, ppt | C/ASM Floating Point Opeations | 5:
2nd MIPS, recursion
solution1or solution2 |
COD: 4.8, 4.10, 4.12, 4.13; K&R: 2.7 | |
| Fri | 29-Sep | ps, pdf, ppt | C/ASM Floating Point, Disassembly, Logical, Shift (if time) | HW4:
Ch 3 /4
solution |
COD: 3.7; K&R: 1.9 | ||
| 6 | Wed | 4-Oct | ps, pdf, ppt | Starting a program | 6:
Floating point
solution |
COD: 3.9, A.2, A.3, A.4; K&R: 4.11 | |
| Fri | 6-Oct | ps, pdf, ppt | C/ASM pointers, addressing, Asm wrapup | Proj3:
disassembler
solution |
COD: 3.10, 3.11, 3.13,3.14, 3.15; K&R: 5.1-5.5 | ||
| 7 | Wed | 11-Oct | ps, pdf, ppt | I/O Polling and Interrupts | 7:
C, MIPS, and Pointers
solution |
HW5:
gdb
solution |
COD: 8.5; K&R: 7.6 |
| Fri | 13-Oct | ps, pdf, ppt | OS and Nested Interrupts | HW6:
I/O
solution |
COD: 8.5, 8.8 | ||
| 8 | Wed | 18-Oct | ps, pdf, ppt | I/O Devices : Networks | 8:
Signal in C
solution |
COD: 8.9; K&R: 7.1-7.5 | |
| Fri | 20-Oct | ps, pdf, ppt | I/O Devices : Disks | Proj4:
simulator
solution |
COD: 8.3 | ||
| Sun | 22-Oct | Midterm Review starting 2PM (155 Dwinelle) | |||||
| 9 | Wed | 25-Oct | Midterm (5PM 1 Pimintel) | 9: Midterm feedback | |||
| Fri | 27-Oct | ps, pdf, ppt | Cache Intro, Example | HW7:
disk/cache
solution |
COD: 7.1-7.3 | ||
| 10 | Wed | 1-Nov | ps, pdf, ppt | Cache Optimizations: Set Associativity, 2nd level cache, Suggestions for UC courses | 10: Network examples (ping, traceroute) | HW8:
cache/VM
solution |
COD: 7.4 |
| Fri | 3-Nov | ps, pdf, ppt | Virtual memory, TLB | 5: Proj5: I/O in MIPS | COD: 7.5-7.7 | ||
| 11 | Wed | 8-Nov | ps, pdf, ppt | Processor Datapath ALU Hardware | 11: Cache | COD: 5.1, 4.5 | |
| Fri | 10-Nov | Holiday | |||||
| 12 | Wed | 15-Nov | ps, pdf, ppt | Processor Pipelining | 12. Hackers R Us | COD: 6.1 | |
| Fri | 17-Nov | ps, pdf, ppt | Performance | 6:
Cache Simulator
solution |
COD: 2.1-2.5 | ||
| 13 | Wed | 22-Nov | ps, pdf, ppt | Pentium III instruction set, PIII v. P4, PC v. Mac specs | 13. RAID parity calculation | COD: 3.12, 4.9 | |
| Fri | 24-Nov | Holiday | |||||
| 14 | Wed | 29-Nov | ps, pdf, ppt | Difficult Topic Review: Pipelining, load-use hazards, delayed branch, branch prediction | 14: Final feedback | COD: 6.1 | |
| Fri | 1-Dec | ps, pdf, ppt | Difficult Topic Review: Caches/TLB/VM | COD: 7.5 | |||
| Mon | 4-Dec | Deadline to correct grade record (except last lab, homework) | |||||
| 15 | Wed | 6-Dec | ps, pdf, ppt | Difficult Topic Review: Interrupts, Nested Interrupts, Course Review | COD App. A | ||
| Fri | 8-Dec | ps, pdf, ppt | 61C Summary/Cal heritage/Faculty, TA review | ||||
| Sun | 10-Dec | Final Review starting 2PM (155 Dwinelle) | |||||
| Tue | 12-Dec | Final (5PM 1 Pimintel): Tuesday |