Classroom:	MWF 10:10a-11:00a, MCRey 317
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:	MW 9–10, R 10–11, F 1–2 drop-ins, appointments always welcome

Useful links

Sauron submission system (instructions)
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 topics will be filled in as the class progresses.

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

Wed 24 Aug	C: declarations, printf C1.1-1.4
Fri 26 Aug	Assignment 1 due C: functions, operators, types C1.5-2.2
Mon 29 Aug	C: braces, statements, arrays C2.3-2.5
Wed 31 Aug	C: comments, header files, pointers C2.7-4.1
Fri 2 Sep	Assignment 2 due C: scanf, strings, structures C2.6, C3.2-3.3, C4.0
Mon 5 Sep	Labor Day — no classes
Wed 7 Sep	C: dynamic memory C5.1
Fri 9 Sep	C: linked lists C5.2
Mon 12 Sep	C: splitLine C4.4 Numeral systems B1.0–1.2
Wed 14 Sep	Assignment 3 due Test 1 [Review, Solutions]
Fri 16 Sep	Integer representation B2.0–2.4 Bitwise operators B3.0–3.2
Mon 19 Sep	Shift operators B3.3–3.4 Counting one bits B4.1–4.2, 4.4
Wed 21 Sep	Assignment 4 due Counting one bits, cont'd B4.3 Logic circuits L1, 2.1, 2.3
Fri 23 Sep	Adders D1 Boolean algebra L2.2 Circuit efficiency L3.1
Mon 26 Sep	Karnaugh maps L3.2–3.3 Universality L4 Multiplexers D2.1
Wed 28 Sep	Assignment 5 due Demultiplexers D2.2 Latches & flip-flops D3.1–3.3 Counter D4.1
Fri 30 Sep	Assignment 6 due Register & memory D4.2–4.3 Fixed-point representation F1 Floating-point representation F2.1
Mon 3 Oct	IEEE floating-point F3 Floating-point limitations F2.2, F4
Wed 5 Oct	Test 2 [Review, Solutions]
Fri 7 Oct	Assignment 7 due MINIAC machine M1–4
Mon 10 Oct	Assembly: Background A1 ARM assembly: Intro A2.1–2.3
Wed 12 Oct	ARM assembly: Condition codes A2.4 ARM assembly: Memory A3.1
13-16 Oct	Fall Break — no classes
Mon 17 Oct	ARM assembly: Memory A3.2–3.4
Wed 19 Oct	ARM assembly: Subroutines A4.1–4.3
Fri 21 Oct	Assignment 8 due ARM assembly: Linked list A4.4
Mon 24 Oct	Memory hierarchy H1 Direct-mapped cache H2
Wed 26 Oct	Test 3 [Review, Solutions]
Fri 28 Oct	Assignment 9 due Test post-mortem Assignment 10 discussion
Mon 31 Oct	Other cache types H3 Arrandale caches H4.1
Wed 2 Nov	Cache write policies H4.2 Caching & matrix multiplication H5 Operating system purpose O1
Fri 4 Nov	Assignment 10 due Interrupts O2 Linux file-handling O3.1–3.3
Mon 7 Nov	Linux file-handling, cont'd O3.4 Processes O4.1–4.2
Wed 9 Nov	Preemption and scheduling O4.3–4.4 Processes O5.1
Fri 11 Nov	Assignment 11 due Simple shell O5.2–5.3 Virtual memory basics V1.0–1.1
Mon 14 Nov	Page replacement algorithms V2
Wed 16 Nov	Test 4 [Review, Solutions]
Fri 18 Nov	Assignment 12 due Translation lookaside buffers V3.1 Page directories V3.2
Mon 21 Nov	Inverted page tables V3.3 Real-world virtual memory V4 Garbage collection G1 Reference counting G2.1
23-27 Nov	Thanksgiving — no classes
Mon 28 Nov	Mark and sweep G2.2 Copy collection G2.3
Wed 30 Nov	Generational collection G2.4 Real-world collection G3.1–3.2
Fri 2 Dec	Weak references G3.2 Classes & polymorphism E1–2
Mon 5 Dec	Virtual methods E3–4
Wed 7 Dec	Assignment 13 due no class — finals week
Fri 9 Dec	Final [Review, Solutions]
15 Dec–17 Jan	Winter break - no classes