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CSCI 210 (W '14), Computer Organization (Stough)

 

Schedule:

Lecture Date Topics Assigned / Referenced
 Assignments Due/Comments
WEEK
1
  Bits, Data Types, Logical Operations
  Number Systems
  Chs 1 and 2
0 M, Jan 6
   syllabus
  Course overview
   Homework 1 due 1/13
1
 W, Jan 8
   2's complement
  hexadecimal
  conversions

2
 F, Jan 10
   Logical operations
  Floating Point
   Read Chapter 3
WEEK
2
  The Boolean System  
  Digital Logic Structures

3
 M, Jan 13
   Boolean System
   Homework 2 due 1/20
    -test at least with
    -binaryTesterFloat.py 

  Homework 1 due
    -binary.py
    -binaryTester.py
4
 W, Jan 15
   Transistors and Logic Gates
  

5
 F, Jan 17
   Decoders, Multiplexers
  Adders and More
  
 
WEEK
3
  Digital Logic Structures

   Ch 3
6
 M, Jan 20
   latches and memory   Homework 3 due 1/27
    -see Sum of Products 
    -see logisim
   Homework 2 due
    -binary.py
    -binaryTesterFloat.py
7
 W, Jan 22
   Building an ALU

8
 F, Jan 24
   Sequential cicuits and finite state machines
  

WEEK
4
  Digital Logic Structures

   Ch 3
9
 M, Jan 27
   Finish digital logic and finite state machines.
   Practice Midterm
  Homework 3 due
    -hw3.zip

W, Jan 29
   Review
  Practice Midterm due in class

F, Jan 31
  Midterm 1



WEEK
5
  The von Neumann Model
  The LC-3 Instruction Set
  Chs 4 and 5
10
 M, Feb 3
   The von Neumann model
  Memory and Processing Units
  LC-3

11
 W, Feb 5
   Instruction Processing
  Homework 4 due 2/12
12
 F, Feb 7
   LC-3 ISA
  Operate instructions
       (vs Data Movement/Control Instructions) 		 
WEEK
6
  LC-3
  Assembly Language
   Chs 5 and 6
13
 M, Feb 10
   Data Movement Instructions
  

14
 W, Feb 12
   Control Instructions  
   Homework 4 due

F, Feb 14
   More on the LC-3 Data Path
  Intro Assembly
 


 


Wash.
 Break
   Washington Break, Feb 21-25



 


WEEK
7
  Assembly Language
  I/O, Traps, Subroutines

   Chs 7-9
15
 M, Feb 24
   Assembly
  Homework 5

16
 W, Feb 26
   I/O, Strings, Traps
  


F, Feb 28
   Subroutines
  Type Conversion
  
   Homework 5 due
    -hw5.zip
WEEK
8
  Recursion
  System Stack
  System Heap
 		  Chs 9-10
17
 M, Mar 3
   Recursive Subroutines  
18
 W, Mar 5
   Recursive Subroutines
  Managing a System Stack 		  Midterm Review

19
 F, Mar 7
   Continuing, Review
quizzes.zip

WEEK
9
  C  

20
 M, Mar 10
   TEST
  
21
 W, Mar 12
  Intro to C Programming
    -book source code
    -memory allocation
    -random number generation
  Homework 6
     -testnumbers.c

22
 F, Mar 14
  Intro to C Programming - arrays, while,
 make files
    -hello.c
    -scanfTester.c
    -loopTester.c, looper.h, looper.c
    -makefile for loopTester

WEEK
10
  C Programming
   Chs 11-19
23
 M, Mar 17
   Arrays

24
 W, Mar 19
      Mar 19
   Pointers
    -testsPointers.c
  Strings and Text
    -stringTester.c
  Homework 7 
    -filestats.c
  Homework 6 due
    -hw6.zip
25
 F, Mar 21
  Pointer Addition
    -pointerAddition.c
  Text Files
  

WEEK
11
  Building an Assembler

26
 M, Mar 24
 
   Dynamic Storage, linked structures
    -dataAbs.c


27
 W, Mar 26
     Mar 26
  Tools for building an assembler - character IO
    -chario.zip
  Symbol table
   Homework 8
    -symboltable.zip
    -hw8.zip
  Homework 7 due
28
 F, Mar 28
   First pass, syntax analysis

WEEK
12
 


29
 M, Mar 31
     Mar 31
  Code generation
    -secondpass.zip
 
 

W, Apr 2
   Review
   Final Review   Homework 8 due
    -hw8.zip

F, Apr 4
   Review
 
  Final Review due IN CLASS


Final Test, Apr 5 - 11