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
Tuesday 21 January	Lecture: topic The Plan Lecture: topic Digital Logic			Assign: Intros
Wednesday 22 January			Lab: lab Transistors to Gates
Thursday 23 January				paper Assign: Gates
Friday 24 January	Lecture: topic Digital Logic	Reading summary (click on topics to the left for details): Data as Bits: reading 1 (preparing for CS240); start Digital Logic reading		Due: Intros
Date	Lecture	Reading summary (click on topics to the left for details)	Lab	Work
Tuesday 28 January	Lecture: topic Digital Logic Lecture: topic Data as Bits	Reading summary (click on topics to the left for details): Finish Digital Logic reading; Data as Bits: videos 1--5; Integer Representation: videos 1--4		paper Checkpoint: Gates
Wednesday 29 January			Lab: lab Software Tools Lab: lab Data as Bits
Friday 31 January	Lecture: topic Data as Bits Lecture: topic Integer Representation	Reading summary (click on topics to the left for details): Data as Bits: videos 6--15, review readings 2-4 as needed; Integer representation: videos 5--15, review readings as necessary
Date	Lecture	Reading summary (click on topics to the left for details)	Lab	Work
Sunday 2 February				Assign: Zero
Monday 3 February				paper Due: Gates
Tuesday 4 February	Lecture: topic Integer Representation Lecture: topic Combinational Logic Lecture: topic Arithmetic Logic	Reading summary (click on topics to the left for details): Integer Representation: Complete any missed videos and readings; Combinational Logic: Reading 1; Skim Arithmetic Logic readings 1-2.
Wednesday 5 February		Reading summary (click on topics to the left for details): Review readings for details as needed.	Lab: lab Combinational Logic Lab: lab Arithmetic Logic	Due: Zero code Assign: Bits
Friday 7 February	Lecture: topic Data as Bits Lecture: topic Integer Representation Lecture: topic Arithmetic Logic	Reading summary (click on topics to the left for details): In class: Notes on Representing Information as Bits
Date	Lecture	Reading summary (click on topics to the left for details)	Lab	Work
Monday 10 February				code Checkpoint: Bits
Tuesday 11 February	Lecture: topic Sequential Logic Lecture: topic A Simple Processor	Reading summary (click on topics to the left for details): Skim Registers Reading 1; Skim one option for Arch Reading 1.
Wednesday 12 February			Lab: lab Sequential Logic
Friday 14 February	Lecture: topic A Simple Processor	Reading summary (click on topics to the left for details): Review the reading as needed.		code Due: Bits
Date	Lecture	Reading summary (click on topics to the left for details)	Lab	Work
Sunday 16 February				paper Assign: Arch
Monday 17 February Presidents Day	Lecture: No classes today
Tuesday 18 February Monday Schedule	Lecture: No lecture today
Wednesday 19 February			Lab: lab Processor Datapath
Thursday 20 February				paper Checkpoint: Arch
Friday 21 February	Lecture: topic Sequential Logic Lecture: topic A Simple Processor
Hardware-Software Interface
Date	Lecture	Reading summary (click on topics to the left for details)	Lab	Work
Tuesday 25 February	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.		paper Due: Arch code Assign: Pointers
Wednesday 26 February		Reading summary (click on topics to the left for details): Videos: 13 (C strings), 15-17 (null-termination, dynamic memory intro).	Lab: lab Pointers and Arrays in C
Friday 28 February	Lecture: topic Programming with Memory Lecture: topic ⁺Reasoning about Programs	Reading summary (click on topics to the left for details): Review videos (1-13, 15-17) and readings as needed.		Info: HW Exam
Date	Lecture	Reading summary (click on topics to the left for details)	Lab	Work
Monday 3 March				code Checkpoint: Pointers
Tuesday 4 March	Lecture: topic x86 Basics Lecture: Exam 1 HW period 1 (choose one) 4-10pm	Reading summary (click on topics to the left for details): Memory videos 19-21. x86 Basics video 1.
Wednesday 5 March	Lecture: Exam 1 HW period 2 (choose one) 4-10pm	Reading summary (click on topics to the left for details): x86 Basics videos 7-9, x86 Control Flow videos 1-2.	Lab: lab x86 Prep
Thursday 6 March	Lecture: Exam 1 HW period 3 (choose one) 4-10pm
Friday 7 March	Lecture: topic x86 Control Flow	Reading summary (click on topics to the left for details): x86 Control Flow readings 1 & 2.
Date	Lecture	Reading summary (click on topics to the left for details)	Lab	Work
Tuesday 11 March	Lecture: topic x86 Control Flow Lecture: topic x86 Procedures, Call Stack	Reading summary (click on topics to the left for details): Skim x86 Procedures, Call Stack readings 1-2.		code Due: Pointers code Assign: x86
Wednesday 12 March		Reading summary (click on topics to the left for details): x86 Procedures, Call Stack videos 5 & 6.	Lab: lab Procedures, Call Stack
Friday 14 March	Lecture: topic x86 Procedures, Call Stack	Reading summary (click on topics to the left for details): Representing Data Structure reading 1.
Date	Lecture	Reading summary (click on topics to the left for details)	Lab	Work
Monday 17 March Spring Break
Tuesday 18 March Spring Break
Wednesday 19 March Spring Break
Thursday 20 March Spring Break
Friday 21 March Spring Break
Date	Lecture	Reading summary (click on topics to the left for details)	Lab	Work
Monday 24 March				code Checkpoint: x86
Tuesday 25 March	Lecture: topic Representing Data Structures	Reading summary (click on topics to the left for details): Representing Data Structure videos 3, 4, 7. Buffer Overflows reading 1.
Wednesday 26 March			Lab: lab x86 Structures and Programming
Friday 28 March	Lecture: topic Buffer Overflows	Reading summary (click on topics to the left for details): Review Buffer Overflows reading 1 as needed.		code Due: x86 code Assign: Buffer
Abstractions for Practical Systems
Date	Lecture	Reading summary (click on topics to the left for details)	Lab	Work
Tuesday 1 April	Lecture: topic Buffer Overflows	Reading summary (click on topics to the left for details): Process reading 1: CSAPP 1.7, 8.2 - 8.4.
Wednesday 2 April			Lab: lab Buffer Overflow
Friday 4 April	Lecture: topic Process Model	Reading summary (click on topics to the left for details): Review Process reading 1 as needed.
Date	Lecture	Reading summary (click on topics to the left for details)	Lab	Work
Tuesday 8 April	Lecture: topic Process Model	Reading summary (click on topics to the left for details): (Optional) skim readings 1-3.		code Due: Buffer code Assign: Concurrency
Wednesday 9 April			Lab: lab Processes
Friday 11 April	Lecture: topic Shells, Signals	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
Tuesday 15 April	Lecture: topic Memory Allocation
Wednesday 16 April Ruhlman Conference	Lecture: no lab
Friday 18 April	Lecture: topic Memory Allocation			code Due: Concurrency code Assign: Malloc
Date	Lecture	Reading summary (click on topics to the left for details)	Lab	Work
Monday 21 April Patriots Day
Tuesday 22 April	Lecture: topic Memory Hierarchy, Cache
Wednesday 23 April			Lab: lab Malloc Launch
Friday 25 April	Lecture: topic Virtual Memory			code Checkpoint: Malloc Info: ISA Exam
Date	Lecture	Reading summary (click on topics to the left for details)	Lab	Work
Tuesday 29 April	Lecture: topic Beyond 240
Wednesday 30 April	Lecture: Exam 2 on ISA will be held during lab time			Inclass: ISA Exam
Thursday 1 May Monday Schedule
Friday 2 May Reading Period				code Due: Malloc
Date	Lecture	Reading summary (click on topics to the left for details)	Lab	Work
Monday 5 May Reading Period
Tuesday 6 May Final Exams	Lecture: Last official day to submit CS240 work without extensions			Revisions: ISA Exam
Wednesday 7 May Final Exams
Thursday 8 May Final Exams
Friday 9 May Final Exams	Lecture: (4pm) Last day to submit CS240 work with extensions

Foundations of Computer Systems

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