This class meets every Tuesday and Thursday from 3:05 to 4:20 PM, except on University holidays or if I cancel class. All dates in the following schedule are tentative, except those fixed by the University; if some topic listed here as taking one lecture in fact takes two lectures to cover adequately, or vice versa, the schedule will shift.
I expect you to have read the specified chapters in the textbook before the lecture that deals with that topic; this way I can concentrate my time on answering questions and clarifying subtle or difficult points in the textbook, rather than on reading the textbook to you, which will bore both of us. Please read the textbook!
| Date(s) | Assignment | Reading | Lecture Subject |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2 Sept | Administrivia, introduction, SPIMSAL | ||
| 4 Sept | chap. 1 | Levels of abstraction, instruction execution | |
| 9 Sept | 2.1-2.3 | Declarations and arithmetic | |
| 11 Sept | 2.4 | Control flow in assembly language | |
| 12 Sept | Last day to add courses | ||
| 16 Sept | HW1 | 2.5-2.6 | I/O and program example, using SPIMSAL |
| 18 Sept | 2.7-2.8 | Procedures and another program example | |
| 23 Sept | chap. 3 | Representing numbers in binary | |
| 25 Sept | HW1 due | 4.1-4.2 | Representing integers on a computer |
| 26 Sept | Last day to drop courses | ||
| 30 Sept | HW2 | 4.3-4.4 | Representing characters and reals on a computer |
| 2 Oct | Rosh Hashanah, no classes | ||
| 7 Oct | 5.1-5.3 | Boolean operations, integer addition and subtraction | |
| 9 Oct | 5.4 | Integer multiplication | |
| 14 Oct | HW2 due | 5.5 | Integer division |
| 16 Oct | Catch up; discuss non-midterm | ||
| 21 Oct | HW3 | 6.1-6.3 | Floating-point addition, subtraction, multiplication |
| 23 Oct | 6.4-6.6 | Floating-point division, rounding, overflow, etc. | |
| 28 Oct | 7.1-7.2 | Memory and arrays | |
| 30 Oct | HW4 | 7.3-7.4 | Implementing data structures in assembly language |
| 31 Oct | Last day to withdraw from classes | ||
| 4 Nov | 8.1-8.2 | MAL, registers, and addressing | |
| 6 Nov | HW3 due | 8.3-8.4 | MAL, registers, and addressing |
| 11 Nov | 9.1-9.3 | Procedure calling in assembly language | |
| 13 Nov | HW4 due | 9.4-9.5 | Parameters and local variables |
| 18 Nov | 9.6-9.7 | Register usage and example | |
| 20 Nov | HW5 | 10-10.2 | What an assembler does |
| 25 Nov | 10.3-10.4 | What an assembler does | |
| 27 Nov | Thanksgiving -- no classes | ||
| 2 Dec | 11 | Input and output | |
| 4 Dec | 12 | Interrupts and exceptions | |
| 9 Dec | HW5 due | 13 | Performance issues |
| 11 Dec | 14 | Alternative architectures; review for final | |
| 18 Dec | 3:30-5:30 PM, Final Exam |