COMP 2030
| Week | Topic |
|---|---|
| 0.5 | Welcome To the Machine |
| 1 | Bits, Bytes, & Numbers |
| 2, 3 | Goto MIPS |
| 4, 5 | Data Representations: integers & floating-points |
| 7, 8 | Intel x86: architecture instruction set, & procedures |
| 9 | Logic design & Y86 architecture |
| 10, 11 | CPU Control Design |
| 12, 13 | Optimization: pipelining & data dependency |
| Date | Exam |
|---|---|
| 10/9 | In-class Test 1 |
| 11/18 | In-class Test 2 |
| 12/19 | Final Exam |
| Due | Assignment |
|---|---|
| 9/9 | Homework 1 |
| 9/16 | Homework 2 |
| 9/23 | Homework 3 |
| 10/7 | Homework 4 |
| 10/21 | Homework 5 |
| 11/8 | Homework 6 |
| 11/20 | Homework 7 |
| 12/9 | Homework 8 |
| Date | Topic | Do | Read | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| No Class | Labor Day | |||
| 9/4 | Introduction | Begin: HW 1 | Ch. 1 | slides |
| 9/6 | Pseudo C - Goto | Ch. 1 | slides | |
| 9/9 | Pseudo C - Assembly | Due: HW 1 | Ch. 1 | |
| 9/11 | Number Bases | Begin: HW 2 | Ch. 2.1 | slides |
| 9/13 | Characters & Words | Ch. 2.1 | slides | |
| 9/16 | MIPS - First Look at Assembly | Due: HW 2 |
slides
code |
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| 9/18 | MIPS - Loops & Memory | Begin: HW 3 |
slides
loops, arrays |
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| 9/20 | MIPS - Functions & Structures |
slides 1
& 2
ASCII, functions |
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| 9/23 | Stack Data | Due: HW 3 | stacks | |
| 9/25 | Recursive Functions | Begin: HW 4 | factorial, trees | |
| 9/27 | MIPS Programming | |||
| 9/30 | Boolean Operations | Ch. 2.1 | slides | |
| 10/2 | 1 & 2's Complement | Ch. 2.2 | slides 1 & 2 | |
| 10/4 | Integer Operations | Ch. 2.3 | slides | |
| 10/7 | Test 1 Review | Due: HW 4 | slides | |
| 10/9 | Test 1 | Begin: HW 5 | ||
| 10/11 | Finite Automata | Ch. 2.4 | slides | |
| No class | Indigenous People's Day | |||
| 10/16 | Fixed & Floating Point | Ch. 2.4 | slides | |
| 10/18 | (De)Normalized Floating Points | Ch. 2.4 | slides | |
| 10/21 | Rounding & Arithmetic | Due: HW 5 | ||
| 10/23 | Floating-Point Conversion | Begin: HW 6 | ||
| 10/25 | MIPS Machine Code | |||
| 10/28 | Assembler Translation | Ch 3.1 - 3.2 | slides | |
| 10/30 | Evolution of Intel x86 | Ch 3.3 - 3.5 | slides | |
| 11/1 | x86(-64) Instructions | Ch 3.6 | slides | |
| 11/4 | x86(-64) Control Flow | Ch 3.6 | slides | |
| 11/6 | Advanced Structured Control | Begin: HW 7 | Ch 3.7 | slides |
| 11/8 | x86(-64) Calling Conventions & Recursion | Due: HW 6 | Ch 3.7 | slides |
| No class | Veterans Day | |||
| 11/13 | Data Representation | Ch 3.8 - 3.9 | slides | |
| 11/15 | Test 2 Review | |||
| 11/18 | Test 2 | |||
| 11/20 | The Binary Bomb |
Due: HW 7
Begin: HW 8 |
slides | |
| 11/22 | Pure Digital Logic | slides | ||
| 11/25 | Feedback Logic | slides | ||
| No class | Thanksgiving | |||
| 12/2 | State & Memory | slides | ||
| 12/4 | Y86 Design | slides | ||
| 12/6 | Y86 Encoding & Control | slides 1 & 2 | ||
| 12/9 | Pipelines & Caching | Due: HW 8 | slides | |
| 12/11 | Final Review | |||
| 12/19 | Final exam | |||
| 12/20 | Submission Cutoff | No Exceptions |