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 |
|---|---|
| 2/21 | In-class Test 1 |
| 4/3 | In-class Test 2 |
| 5/3 | Final Exam (8am - 11am) |
| Due | Assignment |
|---|---|
| 1/22 | Homework 1 |
| 1/29 | Homework 2 |
| 2/5 | Homework 3 |
| 2/20 | Homework 4 |
| 3/1 | Homework 5 |
| 3/18 | Homework 6 |
| 4/1 | Homework 7 |
| 4/22 | Homework 8 |
| Date | Topic | Do | Read | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| No Class | MLK Jr Day | |||
| 1/17 | Introduction | Begin: HW 1 | Ch. 1 | slides |
| 1/19 | Pseudo C - Goto | Ch. 1 | slides | |
| 1/22 | Pseudo C - Assembly | Due: HW 1 | Ch. 1 | |
| 1/24 | Number Bases | Begin: HW 2 | Ch. 2.1 | slides |
| 1/26 | Characters & Words | Ch. 2.1 | slides | |
| 1/29 | MIPS - First Look at Assembly | Due: HW 2 |
slides
code |
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| 1/31 | MIPS - Loops & Memory | Begin: HW 3 |
slides
loops, arrays |
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| 2/2 | MIPS - Functions & Structures |
slides 1
& 2
ASCII, functions |
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| 2/5 | Stack Data | Due: HW 3 | stacks | |
| 2/7 | Recursive Functions | Begin: HW 4 | factorial, trees | |
| 2/9 | MIPS Programming | |||
| 2/12 | Boolean Operations | Ch. 2.1 | slides | |
| 2/14 | 1 & 2's Complement | Ch. 2.2 | slides 1 & 2 | |
| 2/16 | Integer Operations | Due: HW 4 | Ch. 2.3 | slides |
| No class | President's Day | |||
| 2/20 | Finite Automata | slides | ||
| 2/21 | Test 1 | Begin: HW 5 | ||
| 2/23 | Fixed & Floating Point | Ch. 2.4 | slides | |
| 2/26 | (De)Normalized Floating Points | Ch. 2.4 | slides | |
| 2/28 | Rounding & Arithmetic | Ch. 2.4 | slides | |
| 3/1 | Floating-Point Conversion | Due: HW 5 | ||
| No class | Begin: HW 6 | Spring Break | ||
| 3/11 | MIPS Machine Code | |||
| 3/13 | Assembler Translation | slides | ||
| 3/15 | Evolution of Intel x86 | Ch 3.1 - 3.2 | slides | |
| 3/18 | x86(-64) Instructions | Due: HW 6 | Ch 3.3 - 3.5 | slides |
| 3/20 | x86(-64) Control Flow | Begin: HW 7 | Ch 3.6 | slides |
| 3/22 | Advanced Structured Control | Ch 3.6 | slides | |
| 3/25 | x86(-64) Calling Conventions | Ch 3.7 | slides | |
| 3/27 | x86(-64) Recursion | Ch 3.7 | slides | |
| 3/29 | Data Representation | Ch 3.8 - 3.9 | slides | |
| 4/1 | Test 2 Review | Due: HW 7 | ||
| 4/3 | Test 2 | |||
| 4/5 | The Binary Bomb | Begin: HW 8 | slides | |
| 4/8 | Pure Digital Logic | slides | ||
| 4/10 | State and Memory | slides | ||
| 4/12 | Y86 Design | slides | ||
| No Class | Patriot's Day | |||
| 4/17 | Y86 Encoding & Control | slides 1 & 2 | ||
| 4/19 | Pipelines & Caching | slides | ||
| 4/22 | Slack day | Due: HW 8 | ||
| 4/24 - 4/26 | Final Review |