CS 240: Calendar

Masks are strongly recommended in CS240 labs and student hours.

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	Lab	Work
Tuesday 5 September		Lab: topic The Plan Lab: lab Transistors to Gates	Assign: Intros paper Assign: Gates
Wednesday 6 September		Lab: topic The Plan Lab: lab Transistors to Gates
Thursday 7 September	Lecture: topic The Plan Lecture: topic Digital Logic
Friday 8 September			Due: Intros
Date	Lecture	Lab	Work
Monday 11 September	Lecture: topic Digital Logic Lecture: topic Data as Bits		Assign: Zero
Tuesday 12 September		Lab: lab Software Tools Lab: lab Data as Bits
Wednesday 13 September		Lab: lab Software Tools Lab: lab Data as Bits	Checkpoint: Zero paper Due: Gates
Thursday 14 September	Lecture: topic Data as Bits Lecture: topic Integer Representation
Date	Lecture	Lab	Work
Monday 18 September	Lecture: topic Combinational Logic Lecture: topic Arithmetic Logic		Due: Zero code Assign: Bits
Tuesday 19 September		Lab: lab Combinational Logic Lab: lab Arithmetic Logic
Wednesday 20 September		Lab: lab Combinational Logic Lab: lab Arithmetic Logic	code Checkpoint: Bits
Thursday 21 September	Lecture: topic Arithmetic Logic
Date	Lecture	Lab	Work
Monday 25 September	Lecture: topic Sequential Logic
Tuesday 26 September		Lab: lab Sequential Logic
Wednesday 27 September		Lab: Lake day! Wednesday lab pushed to next week.
Thursday 28 September	Lecture: topic Sequential Logic		code Due: Bits paper Assign: Circuits
Date	Lecture	Lab	Work
Monday 2 October	Lecture: topic A Simple Processor
Tuesday 3 October		Lab: lab Processor Datapath
Wednesday 4 October		Lab: lab Sequential Logic
Thursday 5 October	Lecture: topic A Simple Processor Lecture: topic ⁺Floating Point Number Representation		paper Due: Circuits paper Assign: Arch
Hardware-Software Interface
Date	Lecture	Lab	Work
Monday 9 October Indigenous Peoples Day
Tuesday 10 October Fall Break
Wednesday 11 October		Lab: lab Processor Datapath
Thursday 12 October	Lecture: topic Programming with Memory
Date	Lecture	Lab	Work
Monday 16 October	Lecture: topic Programming with Memory Lecture: topic ⁺Reasoning about Programs		paper Due: Arch
Tuesday 17 October		Lab: lab Pointers and Arrays in C
Wednesday 18 October		Lab: lab Pointers and Arrays in C
Thursday 19 October	Lecture: In-class assessment		exam Inclass: HW Exam
Saturday 21 October			code Assign: Pointers
Date	Lecture	Lab	Work
Monday 23 October	Lecture: topic Programming with Memory Lecture: topic x86 Basics
Tuesday 24 October		Lab: lab x86 Prep	code Checkpoint: Pointers
Wednesday 25 October		Lab: lab x86 Prep
Thursday 26 October	Lecture: topic x86 Basics Lecture: topic x86 Control Flow
Date	Lecture	Lab	Work
Monday 30 October	Lecture: topic x86 Control Flow Lecture: topic x86 Procedures, Call Stack		code Assign: x86
Tuesday 31 October		Lab: lab Procedures, Call Stack	code Due: Pointers
Wednesday 1 November		Lab: lab Procedures, Call Stack
Thursday 2 November	Lecture: topic x86 Procedures, Call Stack
Date	Lecture	Lab	Work
Monday 6 November	Lecture: topic Representing Data Structures
Tuesday 7 November		Lab: lab x86 Structures and Programming
Wednesday 8 November		Lab: lab x86 Structures and Programming
Thursday 9 November	Lecture: topic Buffer Overflows		code Due: x86
Abstractions for Practical Systems
Date	Lecture	Lab	Work
Sunday 12 November			code Assign: Buffer
Monday 13 November	Lecture: Practice problems for ISA exam (see ISA page for slides)		exam Info: ISA Exam
Tuesday 14 November Tanner Conference		Lab: Attend lab Weds Nov 15 or Tues Nov 21 (before Thanksgiving break)
Wednesday 15 November		Lab: lab Buffer Launch
Thursday 16 November	Lecture: In-class assessment		exam Inclass: ISA Exam
Date	Lecture	Lab	Work
Monday 20 November	Lecture: topic Memory Allocation
Tuesday 21 November		Lab: lab Buffer Launch
Wednesday 22 November Thanksgiving Break
Thursday 23 November Thanksgiving Break
Date	Lecture	Lab	Work
Monday 27 November	Lecture: topic Memory Allocation		code Assign: Malloc
Tuesday 28 November		Lab: lab Malloc Launch	code Due: Buffer
Wednesday 29 November		Lab: lab Malloc Launch
Thursday 30 November	Lecture: topic Memory Allocation Lecture: topic Memory Hierarchy, Cache
Date	Lecture	Lab	Work
Monday 4 December	Lecture: topic Memory Hierarchy, Cache Lecture: topic Process Model
Tuesday 5 December		Lab: lab Processes Lab: lab ⁺Project Workshop
Wednesday 6 December		Lab: lab Processes Lab: lab ⁺Project Workshop	code Checkpoint: Malloc
Thursday 7 December	Lecture: topic Process Model Lecture: topic Exceptional Control Flow
Date	Lecture	Lab	Work
Monday 11 December	Lecture: topic Threads Lecture: topic ⁺Shells, Signals Lecture: topic ⁺Virtual Memory
Tuesday 12 December		Lab: lab ⁺Project Workshop
Wednesday 13 December		Lab: lab ⁺Project Workshop Lab: LDOC
Thursday 14 December Reading Period	Lecture: Reading Period (no final in CS240)
Friday 15 December Reading Period	Lecture: Last official day to submit CS240 work without extensions		code Due: Malloc
Date	Lecture	Lab	Work
Thursday 21 December Final Exams	Lecture: (4pm) Last day to submit CS240 work with extensions

Foundations of Computer Systems

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