CS 240: Calendar

This tentative calendar represents a best guess for the course schedule, but aspects of it may change during the semester.

Calendar

Computational Building Blocks
Date	Lecture	Reading summary (click on topics to the left for details)	Lab	Work
Wednesday 3 September			Lab: topic The Plan Lab: lab Transistors to Gates	Assign: Intros paper Assign: Gates
Thursday 4 September	Lecture: topic The Plan Lecture: topic Digital Logic	Reading summary (click on topics to the left for details): Preparing for Class Meetings in CS240, Digital Logic reading 1
Friday 5 September				Due: Intros
Date	Lecture	Reading summary (click on topics to the left for details)	Lab	Work
Monday 8 September	Lecture: topic Digital Logic Lecture: topic Data as Bits	Reading summary (click on topics to the left for details): Data as Bits: watch videos 1-7, skim readings 2-4		Assign: Zero
Wednesday 10 September		Reading summary (click on topics to the left for details): Integer Representation: videos: 1, 3.	Lab: lab Software Tools Lab: lab Data as Bits	paper Due: Gates
Thursday 11 September	Lecture: topic Data as Bits Lecture: topic Integer Representation	Reading summary (click on topics to the left for details): Integer Representation: videos 1-4. Short on time? Skip 2 and 4.
Friday 12 September				Due: Zero code Assign: Bits
Date	Lecture	Reading summary (click on topics to the left for details)	Lab	Work
Monday 15 September	Lecture: topic Integer Representation Lecture: topic Combinational Logic Lecture: topic Arithmetic Logic	Reading summary (click on topics to the left for details): Combinational Logic: Reading 1;
Wednesday 17 September		Reading summary (click on topics to the left for details): Finish Integers videos. Skim Arithmetic Logic readings 1-2.	Lab: Lake day! Enjoy :)
Thursday 18 September	Lecture: topic Arithmetic Logic Lecture: topic Sequential Logic	Reading summary (click on topics to the left for details): Skim Registers Reading 1.		code Checkpoint: Bits
Date	Lecture	Reading summary (click on topics to the left for details)	Lab	Work
Monday 22 September	Lecture: topic Sequential Logic Lecture: topic A Simple Processor	Reading summary (click on topics to the left for details): Skim one option for A Simple Processor Reading 1.
Wednesday 24 September			Lab: lab Combinational Logic Lab: lab Arithmetic Logic
Thursday 25 September	Lecture: topic A Simple Processor	Reading summary (click on topics to the left for details): Review the readings as needed.		code Due: Bits paper Assign: Arch
Date	Lecture	Reading summary (click on topics to the left for details)	Lab	Work
Monday 29 September	Lecture: topic Programming with Memory	Reading summary (click on topics to the left for details): Videos 1-2 as needed; CSAPP 2.1.0, 2.1.3; S1 of Pointer Basics.
Wednesday 1 October		Reading summary (click on topics to the left for details): Skim Reading 2 with a focus on RAM	Lab: lab Sequential Logic
Thursday 2 October	Lecture: topic Programming with Memory
Hardware-Software Interface
Date	Lecture	Reading summary (click on topics to the left for details)	Lab	Work
Monday 6 October	Lecture: topic Programming with Memory Lecture: Practice problems for HW exam			exam Info: HW Exam
Wednesday 8 October			Lab: lab Processor Datapath
Thursday 9 October	Lecture: topic x86 Basics	Reading summary (click on topics to the left for details): Memory videos 20-21. x86 Basics video 1.		paper Due: Arch
Date	Lecture	Reading summary (click on topics to the left for details)	Lab	Work
Monday 13 October Indigenous Peoples Day	Lecture: Fall break
Wednesday 15 October			Lab: lab Pointers and Arrays in C	code Assign: Pointers
Thursday 16 October	Lecture: In-class assessment			exam Inclass: HW Exam
Date	Lecture	Reading summary (click on topics to the left for details)	Lab	Work
Monday 20 October	Lecture: topic x86 Control Flow	Reading summary (click on topics to the left for details): x86 Basics Videos 8-9, x86 Control Flow readings 1 & 2.
Wednesday 22 October			Lab: lab x86 Prep	code Checkpoint: Pointers
Thursday 23 October	Lecture: topic x86 Control Flow Lecture: topic x86 Procedures, Call Stack	Reading summary (click on topics to the left for details): Procedures Video 1, Skim Procedures readings 1-2.
Date	Lecture	Reading summary (click on topics to the left for details)	Lab	Work
Monday 27 October	Lecture: topic x86 Procedures, Call Stack Lecture: topic Representing Data Structures	Reading summary (click on topics to the left for details): Data Structure reading 1.		code Due: Pointers code Assign: x86
Wednesday 29 October		Reading summary (click on topics to the left for details): (Recommended) x86 Procedures video 6.	Lab: lab Procedures, Call Stack Lab: (optional) HW exam problem retakes
Thursday 30 October	Lecture: topic Buffer Overflows Lecture: topic Representing Data Structures	Reading summary (click on topics to the left for details): Data Structure videos 3-4. Buffer Overflows reading 1.
Date	Lecture	Reading summary (click on topics to the left for details)	Lab	Work
Monday 3 November	Lecture: topic Buffer Overflows	Reading summary (click on topics to the left for details): Review Buffer Overflows reading 1 as needed.
Wednesday 5 November			Lab: lab x86 Structures and Programming	code Checkpoint: x86
Thursday 6 November	Lecture: topic Process Model	Reading summary (click on topics to the left for details): Process reading 1: CSAPP 1.7, 8.2 - 8.4.
Date	Lecture	Reading summary (click on topics to the left for details)	Lab	Work
Monday 10 November	Lecture: topic Shells, Signals Lecture: topic Threads	Reading summary (click on topics to the left for details): Review Process reading 1 as needed.		code Due: x86 code Assign: Buffer
Wednesday 12 November			Lab: lab Buffer Overflow
Thursday 13 November	Lecture: topic Memory Allocation	Reading summary (click on topics to the left for details): Skim readings 1-3.
Abstractions for Practical Systems
Date	Lecture	Reading summary (click on topics to the left for details)	Lab	Work
Monday 17 November	Lecture: topic Memory Allocation	Reading summary (click on topics to the left for details): Readings 1-3.		code Due: Buffer code Assign: Concurrency
Wednesday 19 November			Lab: lab Processes
Thursday 20 November
Friday 21 November	Lecture: topic Memory Allocation	Reading summary (click on topics to the left for details): Review readings 1-3
Date	Lecture	Reading summary (click on topics to the left for details)	Lab	Work
Monday 24 November	Lecture: topic Memory Hierarchy, Cache			code Due: Concurrency code Assign: Malloc
Wednesday 26 November Thanksgiving Break
Thursday 27 November Thanksgiving Break
Date	Lecture	Reading summary (click on topics to the left for details)	Lab	Work
Monday 1 December	Lecture: topic Virtual Memory
Wednesday 3 December			Lab: lab Malloc Launch
Thursday 4 December	Lecture: Practice problems for ISA exam			Info: ISA Exam
Friday 5 December				code Checkpoint: Malloc
Date	Lecture	Reading summary (click on topics to the left for details)	Lab	Work
Monday 8 December	Lecture: topic Beyond 240
Wednesday 10 December	Lecture: In-class assessment			Inclass: ISA Exam
Thursday 11 December Reading Period	Lecture:
Date	Lecture	Reading summary (click on topics to the left for details)	Lab	Work
Sunday 14 December Reading Period				code Due: Malloc
Wednesday 17 December Final Exams	Lecture: (11:59pm) Last day to submit late work with a custom extension

Foundations of Computer Systems

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