CS 3843 Spring 2011 Schedule

This schedule gives the dates, topics, readings, and assignments for CS 3843 Section 1 Spring 2011. Click on the topics for lecture notes. Note: These dates are tentative and subject to change. In particular, the dates and numbers of midterm exams may move readings may be shuffled, added, or deleted. Dates for homeworks might appear to be in a state of flux until they are assigned.

Spring 2011 Schedule
Week
Date
Topic
Readings for Next Time
Out
In
(Due)
1
January 10/12/14 Introduction, Digital Logic Design I Chapter 2 and Chapter 4.2 HW1  
2
January 19/21 Digital Logic Design II   HW2 HW1 (Wednesday)
3
January 24/26/28 Bits and Bytes     HW2 (Friday)
4
January 31/February 2/4 Bits and Bytes continued      
5
February 7/9/11 Machine-Level Programming I: Introduction   HW3  
6
February 14/16/18 First Exam Wednesday(?)     HW3 (Monday)
7
February 21/23/25 Machine-Level Programming II   HW4  
8
February 28/March 2/4 Machine-Level Programming III     HW4 (Friday)
9
March 7/9/11        
10
March 14/16/18 Spring Break      
11
March 21/23/25 Machine-Level Programming IV   HW5  
12
March 28/30/April 1 Machine-Level Programming V     HW5 (Friday)
13
April 4/6/8 Code Optimization I   HW6  
14
April 11/13/15 Exam (April 15)      
15
April 18/20/22 Code Optimization II, Examples     HW6 (due Wednesday)
16
April 25/27 Caches and Virtual Memory      
17
May 4 Final Exam: 1:30pm - 4:00pm