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
Monday 22 January	Lecture: topic The Plan Lecture: topic Digital Logic			Assign: Intros
Tuesday 23 January				paper Assign: Gates
Wednesday 24 January			Lab: lab Transistors to Gates	Due: Intros
Thursday 25 January	Lecture: topic Digital Logic Lecture: topic Data as Bits	Reading summary (click on topics to the left for details): Data as Bits: reading 1 (preparing for CS240) and videos 1-7.
Date	Lecture	Reading summary (click on topics to the left for details)	Lab	Work
Monday 29 January	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. (Also finish Digital Logic reading as needed).		Assign: Zero
Wednesday 31 January			Lab: lab Software Tools Lab: lab Data as Bits
Thursday 1 February	Lecture: topic Integer Representation	Reading summary (click on topics to the left for details): Data as Bits: finish videos not covered Monday, review readings 2-4 as needed.		paper Due: Gates Due: Zero code Assign: Bits
Date	Lecture	Reading summary (click on topics to the left for details)	Lab	Work
Monday 5 February	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.
Wednesday 7 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	code Checkpoint: Bits
Thursday 8 February	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 12 February	Lecture: topic A Simple Processor	Reading summary (click on topics to the left for details): Skim one option for Reading 1.		code Due: Bits paper Assign: Arch
Wednesday 14 February			Lab: lab Sequential Logic
Thursday 15 February	Lecture: topic A Simple Processor Lecture: Practice problems for HW exam	Reading summary (click on topics to the left for details): Review the reading as needed.		exam Info: HW Exam
Date	Lecture	Reading summary (click on topics to the left for details)	Lab	Work
Monday 19 February Presidents Day	Lecture: No class, lecture Tuesday
Tuesday 20 February	Lecture: Monday schedule Lecture: Practice problems for HW exam Lecture: topic Programming with Memory	Reading summary (click on topics to the left for details): No lecture prep, focus on studying/practicing for Exam 1.		paper Due: Arch
Wednesday 21 February			Lab: lab Processor Datapath
Thursday 22 February	Lecture: In-class assessment			exam Inclass: HW Exam
Saturday 24 February				code Assign: Pointers
Hardware-Software Interface
Date	Lecture	Reading summary (click on topics to the left for details)	Lab	Work
Monday 26 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.
Wednesday 28 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	code Checkpoint: Pointers
Thursday 29 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.
Date	Lecture	Reading summary (click on topics to the left for details)	Lab	Work
Monday 4 March	Lecture: topic x86 Basics	Reading summary (click on topics to the left for details): Memory videos 19-21. x86 Basics video 1.
Wednesday 6 March		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 7 March	Lecture: topic x86 Control Flow	Reading summary (click on topics to the left for details): x86 Control Flow readings 1 & 2.		code Due: Pointers
Friday 8 March				code Assign: x86
Date	Lecture	Reading summary (click on topics to the left for details)	Lab	Work
Monday 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.
Wednesday 13 March		Reading summary (click on topics to the left for details): x86 Procedures, Call Stack videos 5 & 6.	Lab: lab Procedures, Call Stack	code Checkpoint: x86
Thursday 14 March	Lecture: topic x86 Procedures, Call Stack Lecture: topic Representing Data Structures	Reading summary (click on topics to the left for details): Representing Data Structure reading 1.		exam Revisions: HW Exam
Date	Lecture	Reading summary (click on topics to the left for details)	Lab	Work
Monday 18 March Spring Break	Lecture: Spring break
Thursday 21 March Spring Break	Lecture: Spring break
Date	Lecture	Reading summary (click on topics to the left for details)	Lab	Work
Monday 25 March	Lecture: topic Buffer Overflows	Reading summary (click on topics to the left for details): Representing Data Structure videos 3, 4, 7. Buffer Overflows reading 1.
Wednesday 27 March			Lab: lab x86 Structures and Programming
Thursday 28 March	Lecture: topic Buffer Overflows Lecture: topic Process Model	Reading summary (click on topics to the left for details): Review Buffer Overflows reading 1 as needed.		code Due: x86
Friday 29 March				code Assign: Buffer
Date	Lecture	Reading summary (click on topics to the left for details)	Lab	Work
Monday 1 April	Lecture: topic Process Model	Reading summary (click on topics to the left for details): Process reading 1: CSAPP 1.7, 8.2 - 8.4.
Wednesday 3 April			Lab: lab Buffer Launch
Thursday 4 April	Lecture: topic Shells, Signals Lecture: topic Memory Allocation	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
Monday 8 April	Lecture: Practice problems for ISA exam			code Due: Buffer code Assign: Concurrency exam Info: ISA Exam
Wednesday 10 April			Lab: lab Processes
Thursday 11 April Ruhlman Conference
Abstractions for Practical Systems
Date	Lecture	Reading summary (click on topics to the left for details)	Lab	Work
Monday 15 April Patriots Day
Tuesday 16 April				code Due: Concurrency
Wednesday 17 April			Lab: lab Malloc Launch	code Assign: Malloc
Thursday 18 April	Lecture: In-class assessment			exam Inclass: ISA Exam
Date	Lecture	Reading summary (click on topics to the left for details)	Lab	Work
Monday 22 April	Lecture: topic Memory Allocation	Reading summary (click on topics to the left for details): (Optional) skim readings 1-3.
Wednesday 24 April			Lab: lab Project Workshop	code Checkpoint: Malloc
Thursday 25 April	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 29 April	Lecture: topic Memory Hierarchy, Cache Lecture: ASYNCHRONOUS class	Reading summary (click on topics to the left for details): Watch videos 1-8 on your own time; skim reading 1.
Wednesday 1 May	Lecture: ZOOM class with Prof. Mawhorter; Thursday schedule; LDOC Lecture: topic Memory Hierarchy, Cache Lecture: topic ⁺Virtual Memory Lecture: topic ⁺Threads
Thursday 2 May	Lecture: Reading Period (no final in CS240)			code Due: Malloc
Date	Lecture	Reading summary (click on topics to the left for details)	Lab	Work
Monday 6 May Final Exams	Lecture: Last official day to submit CS240 work without extensions			exam Revisions: ISA Exam
Wednesday 8 May Final Exams	Lecture: (4pm) Last day to submit CS240 work with extensions

Foundations of Computer Systems

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