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 3 September			Lab: topic The Plan Lab: lab Transistors to Gates	Assign: Intros paper Assign: Gates
Wednesday 4 September			Lab: topic The Plan Lab: lab Transistors to Gates
Thursday 5 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	Lab: topic The Plan
Friday 6 September				Due: Intros
Date	Lecture	Reading summary (click on topics to the left for details)	Lab	Work
Monday 9 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
Tuesday 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
Wednesday 11 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 12 September	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 13 September				Due: Zero code Assign: Bits
Date	Lecture	Reading summary (click on topics to the left for details)	Lab	Work
Monday 16 September	Lecture: topic Combinational Logic Lecture: topic Arithmetic Logic	Reading summary (click on topics to the left for details): Combinational Logic: Reading 1; Skim Arithmetic Logic readings 1-2.
Tuesday 17 September		Reading summary (click on topics to the left for details): Review readings for details as needed.	Lab: lab Combinational Logic Lab: lab Arithmetic Logic	code Checkpoint: Bits
Wednesday 18 September		Reading summary (click on topics to the left for details): Review readings for details as needed.	Lab: lab Combinational Logic Lab: lab Arithmetic Logic	code Checkpoint: Bits
Thursday 19 September	Lecture: topic Sequential Logic	Reading summary (click on topics to the left for details): Skim Registers Reading 1.
Date	Lecture	Reading summary (click on topics to the left for details)	Lab	Work
Monday 23 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.
Tuesday 24 September		Reading summary (click on topics to the left for details): Skim Reading 2 with a focus on RAM	Lab: lab Sequential Logic
Wednesday 25 September			Lab: Lake day! Enjoy :)
Thursday 26 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 exam Info: HW Exam
Date	Lecture	Reading summary (click on topics to the left for details)	Lab	Work
Monday 30 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.
Tuesday 1 October			Lab: lab Processor Datapath
Wednesday 2 October		Reading summary (click on topics to the left for details): Skim Reading 2 with a focus on RAM	Lab: lab Sequential Logic
Thursday 3 October	Lecture: topic Programming with Memory			paper Due: Arch
Friday 4 October				code Assign: Pointers
Hardware-Software Interface
Date	Lecture	Reading summary (click on topics to the left for details)	Lab	Work
Monday 7 October	Lecture: topic Programming with Memory Lecture: Practice problems for HW exam	Reading summary (click on topics to the left for details): No lecture prep, focus on studying/practicing for Exam 1.
Tuesday 8 October			Lab: lab Pointers and Arrays in C
Wednesday 9 October			Lab: lab Processor Datapath
Thursday 10 October	Lecture: In-class assessment			exam Inclass: HW Exam
Date	Lecture	Reading summary (click on topics to the left for details)	Lab	Work
Monday 14 October Indigenous Peoples Day	Lecture: Fall break
Tuesday 15 October Fall Break	Lecture: Fall break
Wednesday 16 October			Lab: lab Pointers and Arrays in C Lab: Makeup lab time	code Checkpoint: Pointers
Thursday 17 October	Lecture: topic x86 Basics	Reading summary (click on topics to the left for details): Memory videos 20-21. x86 Basics video 1.
Date	Lecture	Reading summary (click on topics to the left for details)	Lab	Work
Monday 21 October	Lecture: topic x86 Basics Lecture: topic x86 Control Flow	Reading summary (click on topics to the left for details): x86 Control Flow readings 1 & 2.
Tuesday 22 October		Reading summary (click on topics to the left for details): (Suggested) x86 Basics Videos 8-9	Lab: lab x86 Prep
Wednesday 23 October		Reading summary (click on topics to the left for details): (Suggested) x86 Basics Videos 8-9	Lab: lab x86 Prep	code Assign: x86
Thursday 24 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.		code Due: Pointers
Date	Lecture	Reading summary (click on topics to the left for details)	Lab	Work
Monday 28 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.
Tuesday 29 October Tanner Conference			Lab: Make up your lab on Wednesday
Wednesday 30 October		Reading summary (click on topics to the left for details): (Recommended) x86 Procedures video 6.	Lab: lab Procedures, Call Stack
Thursday 31 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.		exam Revisions: HW Exam
Date	Lecture	Reading summary (click on topics to the left for details)	Lab	Work
Monday 4 November	Lecture: topic Buffer Overflows	Reading summary (click on topics to the left for details): Review Buffer Overflows reading 1 as needed.
Tuesday 5 November			Lab: lab x86 Structures and Programming	code Checkpoint: x86
Wednesday 6 November			Lab: lab x86 Structures and Programming
Thursday 7 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 11 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
Tuesday 12 November			Lab: lab Buffer Overflow
Wednesday 13 November			Lab: lab Buffer Overflow
Thursday 14 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 18 November	Lecture: topic Memory Allocation	Reading summary (click on topics to the left for details): Readings 1-3.
Tuesday 19 November			Lab: lab Processes	code Due: Buffer code Assign: Concurrency
Wednesday 20 November			Lab: lab Processes
Thursday 21 November
Friday 22 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 25 November	Lecture: topic Memory Hierarchy, Cache
Tuesday 26 November			Lab: Makeup lab	code Due: Concurrency
Wednesday 27 November Thanksgiving Break
Thursday 28 November Thanksgiving Break
Date	Lecture	Reading summary (click on topics to the left for details)	Lab	Work
Monday 2 December	Lecture: Practice problems for ISA exam			code Assign: Malloc exam Info: ISA Exam
Tuesday 3 December			Lab: lab Malloc Launch
Wednesday 4 December			Lab: lab Malloc Launch
Thursday 5 December	Lecture: In-class assessment			exam Inclass: ISA Exam
Date	Lecture	Reading summary (click on topics to the left for details)	Lab	Work
Monday 9 December	Lecture: topic ⁺Virtual Memory
Tuesday 10 December			Lab: lab Project Workshop	code Checkpoint: Malloc
Wednesday 11 December			Lab: lab Project Workshop	code Checkpoint: Malloc
Thursday 12 December Reading Period	Lecture:
Date	Lecture	Reading summary (click on topics to the left for details)	Lab	Work
Tuesday 17 December Final Exams				code Due: Malloc
Wednesday 18 December Final Exams	Lecture: (11:59pm) Last day to submit late work / Malloc with a custom extension

Foundations of Computer Systems

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