INF2C-CS: Schedule
| Week | Date | Subject | Reading* | Tutorial | Lab | Practicals / Quiz |
| 1 | 18 Sep | |||||
| 19 Sep | P&H 1 | |||||
| 20 Sep | ||||||
| 21 Sep | Data Representation | P&H 3/e: 3.1-3.3, 3.6 (up to FP add) P&H 4/e: 2.4, 3.1,3.2, 3.5 (up to FP add) P&H 5/e: 2.4, 3.1,3.2, 3.5 (up to FP add) | ||||
| 22 Sep | ||||||
| 2 | 25 Sep |
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| 26 Sep | Data Representation 2 | As previous lecture | ||||
| 27 Sep | ||||||
| 28 Sep | MIPS ISA | P&H 3/e: 2.1-2.9, A.1-6, A.9 P&H 4/e: 2.1-2.8, B.1-6, B.9 P&H 5/e: 2.1-2.8, A.1-6, A.9 | ||||
| 29 Sep | ||||||
| 3 | 2 Oct | Tutorial 1 |
Note: Make sure "Settings->Initialize program counter to global 'main' if defined" is ticked in MARS, or you will see an error. | |||
| 3 Oct | MIPS ISA 2 | As previous lecture | ||||
| 4 Oct | ||||||
| 5 Oct | MIPS ISA 3 | As previous lecture | ||||
| 6 Oct |
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| 4 | 09 Oct | Tutorial 2 | Lab 3: GitHub and C programming Github Classroom | Quiz 1 released | ||
| 10 Oct | C programming language 1 | K&R 2/e for reference J. Maassen's C for Java programmers S. Simpson's Learning C from Java I. Gupta's C for Java programmers I. Kennedy's Top tips to help the Java programmer code in C | Quiz 1 DUE | |||
| 11 Oct | ||||||
| 12 Oct | ||||||
| 13 Oct | C programming language 2 | As previous lecture | Tutorial 2 Solutions | coursework1.pdf Github Classroom | ||
| 5 | 16 Oct | |||||
| 17 Oct | C programming language 3 | As previous lecture | ||||
| 18 Oct | ||||||
| 19 Oct | ||||||
| 20 Oct | Logic Design 1 | P&H 3/e (on CD): B1-3 (up to ROMs), B8 (up to Verilog), B10 P&H 4/e (on CD): C1-3 (up to ROMs), C7, C8 (up to Verilog), C10 P&H 5/e: B1-3 (up to ROMs), B5 (up to "Tailoring to MIPS"), B7, B8 (up to Verilog), B10 | ||||
| 6 | 23 Oct | Tutorial 3 | ||||
| 24 Oct | Logic design 2 (starts from slide 31) | As previous lecture | ||||
| 25 Oct | ||||||
| 26 Oct | ||||||
| 27 Oct | Processor design: Single-cycle processor | P&H 3/e: 5.1-5.4 P&H 4/e: 4.1-4.4 P&H 5/e: 4.1-4.4 | Tutorial 3 Solutions | Practical 1 DUE marking-details.pdf | ||
| 7 | 30 Oct | Tutorial 4 | ||||
| 31 Oct | Processor design: Multi-cycle processor 1 | P&H 3/e: 4.2, 5.5 P&H 4/e and 5/e: 1.4 (4/e) or 1.6 (5/e) for CPU performance H&P chapter on multi-cycle design | ||||
| 1 Nov | ||||||
| 2 Nov | ||||||
| 3 Nov | Processor design: Multi-cycle processor 2 | As previous lecture | Tutorial 4 Solutions | |||
| 8 | 6 Nov | Quiz 2 released | ||||
| 7 Nov | Memory hierarchy 1 | P&H 3/e: 7.1, 7.2 P&H 4/e: 5.1, 5.2 P&H 5/e: 5.1, 5.3 | Quiz 2 DUE | |||
| 8 Nov | ||||||
| 9 Nov | ||||||
| 10 Nov | Memory hierarchy 2 | As previous lecture | Coursework 2 GitHub Classroom | |||
| 9 | 13 Nov | Tutorial 5 | ||||
| 14 Nov | Virtual Memory 1 | P&H 3/e: 7.4 P&H 4/e: 5.4 P&H 5/e: 5.7 | ||||
| 15 Nov | ||||||
| 16 Nov | ||||||
| 17 Nov | Virtual memory 2 | As previous lecture | Tutorial 5 Solutions | |||
| 10 | 20 Nov | Tutorial 6 | ||||
| 21 Nov | Exceptions & processor management1 | P&H 3/e: 5.6, A.7 P&H 4/e: 4.9, B.7 P&H 5/e: 4.9, A.7 S&G 5/e: 2.5.1, 4.1-4.3 S&G 8/e and 9/e: 1.6, 2.3, 3.1, 3.2 | ||||
| 22 Nov | ||||||
| 23 Nov | ||||||
| 24 Nov | Exceptions & processor management 2
| Tutorial 6 Solutions | Coursework 2 DUE | |||
| 11 | 27 Nov | |||||
| 28 Nov | No lecture | |||||
| 29 Nov | ||||||
| 30 Nov | ||||||
| 1 Dec | No lecture | |||||
| 5-?? Dec | Exam prep and exam | |||||
* The abbreviations used in the Reading column are:
- P & H: D.A. Patterson and J.L. Hennessy, Computer Organisation and Design, Morgan Kaufmann, 2/e 1998, 3/e 2005, 4/e 2008, 5/e 2013
- S & G: A. Silbershatz and P.B. Galvin, Operating Systems Concepts, 5/e, Wiley, 1998. Later editions also fine.
- K & R: B.W. Kernighan and D.M. Ritchie The C Programming Language, 2/e, Prentice Hall PTR, 1998
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