SSE2030: Introduction to Computer Systems (Fall 2016)
[Schedule]
The following schedule is tentative and subject to change without notice.
| Day | Topic | Reading | Projects |
| 9/5 (M) | Course overview | Chap. 1 | |
| 9/7 (W) | Digital systems | Chap. 2.1 | |
| 9/12 (M) | Representing integers | Chap. 2.2 | |
| 9/14 (W) | National holiday | ||
| 9/19 (M) | Manipulating integers | Chap. 2.3 | |
| 9/21 (W) | Representing and manipulating floating points | Chap. 2.4 | |
| 9/26 (M) | Representing and manipulating floating points (cont'd) | ||
| 9/28 (W) | School holiday | ||
| 10/3 (M) | National Holiday | ||
| 10/5 (W) | Byte ordering | Chap. 2.1 | |
| 10/10 (M) | Machine-level representation of programs | Chap. 3.1-3.3 | |
| 10/12 (W) | Machine-level representation of programs (cont'd) | Chap. 3.1-3.3 | |
| 10/17 (M) | Assembly I: Basic operations | Chap. 3.4-3.6 | |
| 10/19 (W) | Assembly II: Control flow | Chap. 3.4-3.6 | |
| 10/24 (M) | Midterm exam: 16:30~17:45 @ 400118 | ||
| 10/26 (W) | - | ||
| 10/31 (M) | Assembly II: Control flow (cont'd) | ||
| 11/2 (W) | Assembly III: Procedures | Chap. 3.7 | |
| 11/7 (M) | Assembly IV: Complex data types | Chap. 3.8-3.9 | |
| 11/9 (W) | Class cancelled | ||
| 11/14 (M) | Complex data types (cont'd) | ||
| 11/16 (W) | Using gdb
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| 11/21 (M) | Buffer overflow | Chap. 3.10 | |
| 11/23 (W) | Linking | Chap. 7.1-7.10 | |
| 11/28 (M) | Processor architecture | Chap. 4.1-4.3 | |
| 11/30 (W) | Processor architecture (cont'd) | ||
| 12/5 (M) | Advanced processor architecture | Chap. 4.4-4.5 | |
| 12/7 (W) | Memory hierarchy 
| Chap. 6.4-6.6 | |
| 12/12 (M) | Operating systems
| Chap. 8.1-8.4 | |
| 12/14 (W) | Course summary
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| 12/19 (M) | Final exam | ||
| 12/21 (W) | - |
Credit: Some of slides for this lecture are based on materials provided by the textbook publisher.