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INF2C Computer Systems 2013-14: Schedule of Course Activities

The abbreviations used in the Reading column are:

• P & H: D.A. Patterson and J.L. Hennessy, Computer Organisation and Design, Morgan Kaufmann, 2/e 1998, 3/e 2005, 4/e 2008.
• S & G: A. Silbershatz and P.B. Galvin, Operating Systems Concepts, 5/e, Wiley, 1998. Later editions also fine.
• K & R: B.W. Kernighan and D.M. Ritchie The C Programming Language, 2/e, Prentice Hall PTR, 1998

Wk	Date	Lecture Topic	Reading	Tutorial	Lab	Coursework
1	Tue 17 Sep	Introduction: the Big Picture (Slides, Notes)	P&H 1
	Fri 20 Sep	Data Representation (Slides, Notes)	P&H 2/e: 4.1-4.4, 4.8 (up to FP add) P&H 3/e: 3.1-3.3, 3.6 (up to FP add) P&H 4/e: 2.4, 3.1,3.2, 3.5 (up to FP add)
2	Tue 24 Sep	NO LECTURE
	Fri 27 Sep	MIPS instructions and programming 1 (Slides, Notes)	P&H 2/e: 3.1-3.8, A.1-6, A.9. (A3,4,6,9 non examinable) P&H 3/e: 2.1-2.9, A.1-6, A.9. (A3,4,6,9 non examinable) P&H 4/e: 2.1-2.8, B.1-6, B.9. (B3,4,6,7,9 non examinable)
3	Tue 1 Oct	MIPS instructions and programming 2	As previous lecture	Tutorial 1 Questions	Lab 1:MIPS programming and the MARS IDE
	Fri 4 Oct	C programming language - Part 1 (Slides, Notes)	K&R 2/e for reference J. Maassen's C for Java programmers S. Simpson's Learning C from Java I. Gupta's C for Java programmers I. Kennedy'sTop tips to help the Java programmer code in C
4	Tue 8 Oct	C programming language - Part 2 (Slides, Notes included with previous lecture)	As previous lecture			Coursework 1: MIPS Programming hex.c, hex.s, rot13.c, rot13.s, print_bits.c, banner-outline.c
	Fri 11 Oct	C programming language - Part 3 Coursework 1 introduction	For C - see links above For coursework - see Lab 1 web page and Coursework 1 handout
5	Tue 15 Oct	Logic design (Slides, Notes)	P&H 2/e: B1-3 (up to ROMs), B5 (up to SRAMs), B6 P&H 3/e (on CD): B1-3 (up to ROMs), B8 (up to Verilog), B10 P&H 4/e (on CD): C1-3 (up to ROMs), C7, C8 (up to Verilog), C10	Tutorial 2 Questions
	Fri 18 Oct	NO LECTURE
6	Tue 22 Oct	Processor design - single cycle (Slides, Notes)	P&H 2/e: 5.1-5.3 P&H 3/e: 5.1-5.4 P&H 4/e: 4.1-4.4
	Fri 25 Oct	Processor design - multicycle (Slides, Notes)	P&H 2/e: 2.1-2.3, 5.4 P&H 3/e: 4.2, 5.5 P&H 4/e: 1.4 for CPU performance. See 2/e and 3/e for multi-cycle design.
7	Tue 29 Oct	Processor design - pipelining (Slides, Notes)	P&H 2/e: 6.1 P&H 3/e: 6.1 P&H 4/e: 4.5	Tutorial 3 Questions,
	Fri 1 Nov	Exceptions and Processor Management (Slides, Notes)	P&H 2/e: 5.6, A.7 P&H 3/e: 5.6, A.7 P&H 4/e: 4.9, B.7 S&G 5/e: 2.5.1, 4.1-4.3 S&G 8/e: 1.6, 2.3, 3.1, 3.2
8	Tue 5 Nov	Memory Hierarchy and Caches (Slides, Notes)	P&H 2/e: 7.1, 7.2 P&H 3/e: 7.1, 7.2 P&H 4/e: 5.1, 5.2		Lab 2: SystemC Basics	Coursework 2: Processor Design and Programming in C Handout Code
	Fri 8 Nov	Virtual Memory (Slides, Notes)	P&H 2/e: 7.4 P&H 3/e: 7.4 P&H 4/e: 5.4
9	Tue 12 Nov	Coursework 2 Presentation	See Lab 2 web page and Coursework 2 handout	Tutorial 4 Questions,
	Fri 15 Nov	NO LECTURE
10	Tue 19 Nov	I/O and Peripherals Slides, Notes)	P&H 2/e: 8.1, 8.3, 8.5 P&H 3/e: 8.1, 8.2, 8.4, 8.5 P&H 4/e: 6.1, 6.3, 6.5, 6.6
	Fri 22 Nov	C++ and SystemC (No slides) (non-examinable)	Introduction to SystemC (D. Kumar Tala, ASIC World)