CS 429H Schedule


Week	Date	Lec #	Topic	Reading BEFORE this date	Out	In (Due)
1	1/19	L1	Course intro and overview, Data Representation I	CSAPP: Chapters 1, 2.1
	1/21	Lab1	Meet and greet, introduction to C
2	1/24	L2	Data Representation II	CSAPP: Chapter 2.2-2.5
	1/26	L3	Digital Logic Blocks I	CSAPP: Chapter 4.2.1-4.2.4
	1/28	Lab2	CSAPP Data Lab (binary puzzles in C)
3	1/31	L4	Digital Logic Blocks II	CSAPP: Chapter 4.1, 4.2.5
	2/2	L5	Machine Level Program Representation I	CSAPP: Chapter 3.1-3.4,3.5
	2/4	Lab3	Floating-point binary lab (more C puzzles)
4	2/7	L6	Review
	2/9	Ex1
	2/11	Lab4	x86 Assembly programming exercises
5	2/14	L7	Machine Level Program Representation II	CSAPP: Chapter 3.6,3.7
	2/16	L8	Machine Level Program Representation III	CSAPP: Chapter 3.7,3.8
	2/18	Lab5	CSAPP: Binary Bomb Lab
6	2/21	L9	Machine Level Program Representation IV	CSAPP: Chapter 3.9-3.11
	2/23	L10	Machine Level Program Representation V	CSAPP: Chapter 3.12-3.14
	2/25	Lab6	CSAPP: Binary Bomb lab (continued)
7	2/28	L11	Processor Datapath and Control I	CSAPP: Chapter 4.3
	3/2	L12	Processor Datapath and Control II
	3/4	Lab7	Datapath design lab
8	3/7	L13	Review
	3/9	Ex2
	3/11	Lab8	Datapath design lab (continued)
9	3/14		Spring Break
	3/16		Spring Break
	3/18		Spring Break
10	3/21	L14	Performance Principles
	3/23	L15	Pipelining I	CSAPP: Chapter 4.4, 4.5.1-4.5.2
	3/25	Lab9	Pipelining lab I
11	3/28	L16	Pipelining II	CSAPP: Chapter 4.5.3-4.5.7
	3/30	L17	Pipelining III	CSAPP: Chapter 4.5.10
	4/1	Lab10	Pipelining lab II
12	4/4	L18	Caching I	CSAPP: Chapter 6.1,6.2
	4/6	L19	Caching II	CSAPP: Chapter 6.3,6.4.1-6.4.4
	4/8	Lab11	Memory Mountain lab (cache effects on real hardware)
13	4/11	L20	Assembly/Linking/Loading I	CSAPP: Chapter 7.1-7.6
	4/13	L21	Assembly/Linking/Loading II	CSAPP: Chapter 7.7-7.11, 7.13
	4/15	Lab12	CSAPP: Performance Lab
14	4/18	L22	Review
	4/20	Ex3
	4/22	Lab13	CSAPP: Performance Lab (continued)
15	4/25	L23	Performance Programming I	CSAPP: Chapter 5.1-5.9, 5.15
	4/27	L24	Performance Programming II	CSAPP: Chapter 6.5-6.7
	4/29	Lab13	CSAPP: Performance Lab (continued)
16	5/2	L25	Catch up
	5/4	L26	Wrap-up
	5/6	Lab14	Review
17		FE	Final Exam

CS429H Schedule and Reading Assignments