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 21 January			Lab: topic The Plan Lab: lab Transistors to Gates	Assign: Intros paper Assign: Gates
Thursday 22 January	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 23 January				Due: Intros
Date	Lecture	Reading summary (click on topics to the left for details)	Lab	Work
Monday 26 January	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 28 January		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 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.		Due: Zero code Assign: Bits
Date	Lecture	Reading summary (click on topics to the left for details)	Lab	Work
Monday 2 February	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 4 February			Lab: lab Combinational Logic Lab: lab Arithmetic Logic	code Checkpoint: Bits
Thursday 5 February	Lecture: topic Arithmetic Logic 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 9 February	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.		code Due: Bits paper Assign: Arch
Wednesday 11 February		Reading summary (click on topics to the left for details): Skim Reading 2 with a focus on RAM	Lab: lab Sequential Logic
Thursday 12 February	Lecture: topic A Simple Processor	Reading summary (click on topics to the left for details): Review the readings as needed.
Date	Lecture	Reading summary (click on topics to the left for details)	Lab	Work
Monday 16 February Presidents Day
Tuesday 17 February	Lecture: MONDAY SCHEDULE 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 18 February			Lab: lab Processor Datapath
Thursday 19 February	Lecture: topic Programming with Memory			paper Due: Arch code Assign: Pointers
Hardware-Software Interface
Date	Lecture	Reading summary (click on topics to the left for details)	Lab	Work
Monday 23 February	Lecture: topic Programming with Memory Lecture: Practice problems for HW exam			Info: HW Exam
Wednesday 25 February			Lab: lab Pointers and Arrays in C
Thursday 26 February	Lecture: topic x86 Basics	Reading summary (click on topics to the left for details): Memory videos 20-21. x86 Basics video 1.		code Due: Pointers code Assign: Commands
Date	Lecture	Reading summary (click on topics to the left for details)	Lab	Work
Monday 2 March	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 4 March			Lab: lab x86 Prep
Thursday 5 March	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: Commands
Date	Lecture	Reading summary (click on topics to the left for details)	Lab	Work
Monday 9 March	Lecture: In-class assessment			Inclass: HW Exam code Assign: x86
Wednesday 11 March			Lab: lab Procedures, Call Stack
Thursday 12 March	Lecture: topic x86 Procedures, Call Stack	Reading summary (click on topics to the left for details): Data Structure reading 1.
Date	Lecture	Reading summary (click on topics to the left for details)	Lab	Work
Monday 16 March Spring Break
Thursday 19 March Spring Break
Date	Lecture	Reading summary (click on topics to the left for details)	Lab	Work
Monday 23 March	Lecture: topic Representing Data Structures Lecture: topic Buffer Overflows	Reading summary (click on topics to the left for details): Data Structure videos 3-4. Buffer Overflows reading 1.
Wednesday 25 March	Lecture: (optional) HW exam problem retakes	Reading summary (click on topics to the left for details): (Recommended) x86 Procedures video 6.	Lab: lab x86 Structures and Programming Lab: (optional) HW exam problem retakes	code Checkpoint: x86
Thursday 26 March	Lecture: topic Buffer Overflows	Reading summary (click on topics to the left for details): Review Buffer Overflows reading 1
Date	Lecture	Reading summary (click on topics to the left for details)	Lab	Work
Monday 30 March	Lecture: topic Process Model	Reading summary (click on topics to the left for details): Process reading 1: CSAPP 1.7, 8.2 - 8.4.		code Due: x86 code Assign: Buffer
Wednesday 1 April			Lab: lab Buffer Overflow
Thursday 2 April	Lecture: topic Shells, Signals Lecture: topic Threads	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 6 April	Lecture: topic Memory Hierarchy, Cache			code Due: Buffer code Assign: Concurrency
Wednesday 8 April			Lab: lab Processes
Thursday 9 April	Lecture: topic Virtual Memory
Abstractions for Practical Systems
Date	Lecture	Reading summary (click on topics to the left for details)	Lab	Work
Monday 13 April	Lecture: Practice problems for ISA exam			code Due: Concurrency Info: ISA Exam
Wednesday 15 April Ruhlman Conference
Thursday 16 April	Lecture: topic Memory Allocation	Reading summary (click on topics to the left for details): Readings 1-3.
Date	Lecture	Reading summary (click on topics to the left for details)	Lab	Work
Monday 20 April Patriots Day
Wednesday 22 April	Lecture: In-class assessment			Inclass: ISA Exam
Thursday 23 April	Lecture: topic Memory Allocation	Reading summary (click on topics to the left for details): Review readings 1-3		code Assign: Malloc
Friday 24 April
Date	Lecture	Reading summary (click on topics to the left for details)	Lab	Work
Monday 27 April	Lecture: topic Memory Allocation
Wednesday 29 April			Lab: lab Malloc	code Checkpoint: Malloc
Thursday 30 April	Lecture: topic Beyond 240
Friday 1 May Reading Period
Date	Lecture	Reading summary (click on topics to the left for details)	Lab	Work
Monday 4 May Reading Period				code Due: Malloc
Wednesday 6 May Final Exams	Lecture: Last official day to submit CS240 late work (without extensions)
Friday 8 May Final Exams	Lecture: (Optional) ISA exam problem retakes; date TBD

Foundations of Computer Systems

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