Schedule (Fall 2024)

Lectures and Labs

• Introduction to CSC 411 [Slides]
• Number Systems [Slides]
• Bitwise Operations [Slides]
• Integers (signed, unsigned) [Slides]
• GDB/LLDB [Slides]
• Memory and Pointers [Slides]
• Floating Point I [Slides]
• Floating Point II [Slides]
• Computer Systems [Slides]
• RISC-V Basics I [Slides]

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• RISC-V Basics II [Slides]
• Executing Instructions [Slides]
• RISC-V Procedures [Slides]
• Representing Instructions [Slides]
• Compiling, Interpreting, Running Programs [Slides]
• Performance [Slides]
• Introduction to Logic Design [Slides]
• Boolean Algebra, Decoders, MUXs [Slides]
• Adders, ALUs [Slides]
• SIMD Instructions [Slides]
• Sequential Logic [Slides]
• Basic CPU Design [Slides]
• Hazards, Branch Prediction [Slides]
• The Memory Hierarchy [Slides]

Homework Assignments

• Assignment 1, due Sep 19th 11:59p
• Assignment 2, due Oct 1st 11:59p

• Assignment 3, due Oct 28th 11:59p

• Final Presentations

Exams

• Midterm Exam, Oct 9, 4:30-6:30pm, TBA
• Final Exam, Dec 16, 6:30-8:30pm, TBA