Classroom:	TR: 1:15p-2:30p, MCRey 315
Web page	www.cburch.com/cs/230/
Instructor:	Dr. Carl Burch
E-mail:
Telephone:	450-1377 (office); 548-0036 (home)
Office:	MCRey 310
Office hours:	T 2:40-3:30, RF 10:10-11:00, R 3:40-4:30 drop-ins, appointments always welcome

Useful links

Sauron submission system (instructions)
Computing Systems Organization textbook
C programming: compiling, debugging, and profiling
C function reference (remote copy)
ARM assembly reference card
ARM: Assembly Language Programming, by Knaggs and Welsh (remote copy)

Schedule

The assignment of topics to days will change as the class progresses.

Textbook references are on the right, prefaced by a section symbol §.

§20.3–20.6

Tue 26 Aug	C: Introduction §2.1–2.5
Thu 28 Aug	C: Constants §2.6 C: Pointers §3.1 C: Arrays §3.2–3.3 C: Dynamic memory §4.1
1 Sep	Labor Day
Tue 2 Sep	C: Strings §3.4 C: Structures §4.0, 4.2
Thu 4 Sep	C: String tokenizing §3.5 integer representation §5.1–5.2
Fri 5 Sep	Assn 1 due
Tue 9 Sep	bit operators: Introduction §5.3 Quiz 1
Thu 11 Sep	bit operators: Counting one bits §5.4 logic gates §7
Fri 12 Sep	Assn 2 due
Tue 16 Sep	Karnaugh maps §8.0–8.2 adders §9.1
Thu 18 Sep	universality §8.3 work on Assn 4 in class
Fri 19 Sep	Assn 3 due
Tue 23 Sep	latches §10.1 flip-flops §10.2 registers §10.3
Thu 25 Sep	plexers §9.2 memory §10.4
Fri 26 Sep	Assn 4 due
Tue 30 Sep	assembly intro §11.1–11.2 Exam 1
Thu 2 Oct	more assembly §11.3 subroutines §13.1 memory access §12.1
Fri 3 Oct	Assn 5 due
Tue 7 Oct	condition codes §11.4 addressing modes §12.2 multiple-word access §12.4 program stack §13.2
Thu 9 Oct	calling convention
Fri 10 Oct	Assn 6 due
Tue 14 Oct	floating-point §6
16-19 Oct	Fall break - no class
Tue 21 Oct	memory hierarchy §14.1 direct-mapped caches §14.2 Quiz 2
Thu 23 Oct	other cache types §14.3 cache effects in programs §14.5
Fri 24 Oct	Assn 7 due
Tue 28 Oct	cache write policies §14.4 operating system: introduction §15.0 exceptions & system calls §15.1–15.2
Thu 30 Oct	read & write §15.3 processes §16.1–16.4 fork system call §16.5.1
Fri 31 Oct	Assn 8 due
Tue 4 Nov	Exam 2
Thu 6 Nov	an elementary shell §16.5.2–16.5.3 file descriptor management
Fri 7 Nov	Assn 9 due
Tue 11 Nov	virtual memory introduction §17.0–17.2
Thu 13 Nov	virtual memory complications §17.3 compiler optimizations §18.0–18.5
Fri 14 Nov	Assn 10 due
Tue 18 Nov	compiler optimizations, cont'd §18.6–18.9 garbage collection introduction
Thu 20 Nov	garbage collection, cont'd
Fri 21 Nov	Assn 11 due
Tue 25 Nov	Java garbage collection Quiz 3
26-30 Nov	Thanksgiving break - no class
Tue 2 Dec	compiling classes   subclasses §20.1–20.2
Thu 4 Dec	compiling interfaces
Fri 5 Dec	Assn 12 due
Thu 11 Dec	Final, 2:00pm
18 Dec-11 Jan	Winter break