CMPT 295 Lecture Notes

1. Course Introduction [“Course Introduction” slides]
   1. This Course [This Course slides]
   2. Grading [Grading slides]
   3. Lectures and Labs [Lectures and Labs slides]
   4. Mini-Project [Mini-Project slides]
   5. Quizzes/Exams [Quizzes/Exams slides]
   6. References [References slides]
   7. Assumptions [Assumptions slides]
   8. Expectations [Expectations slides]
   9. Computer Systems [Computer Systems slides]
   10. Hardware [Hardware slides]
   11. Topics [Topics slides]
2. Revisiting C [“Revisiting C” slides]
   1. Command Line C [Command Line C slides]
   2. The Heap [The Heap slides]
   3. Multi-file C [Multi-file C slides]
   4. Compiling C [Compiling C slides]
   5. Aside: Integers in C [Aside: Integers in C slides]
3. Assembly Introduction [“Assembly Introduction” slides]
   1. Our First Assembly [Our First Assembly slides]
   2. Calling Convention [Calling Convention slides]
   3. The Registers [The Registers slides]
   4. Example: call preserving [Example: call preserving slides]
   5. Registers, Cores, Threads [Registers, Cores, Threads slides]
4. The Processor
5. Assembly: Conditions and the Stack
6. Binary Representations
7. Bit Tricks
8. Assembly: Using Memory
9. Memory & Storage
10. Processor Tricks
11. Tools
12. Floating Point
13. Data Parallelism
14. Returning to C
15. Language Abstractions
16. Threads
17. Leftovers
18. Conclusion

Course home page. x86-64 Cheat Sheet. Table of Tables.

Schedule

Week	Deliverables (*)	Lecture Hour	Lecture Date	First Slide
1		1	Sep 9	Intro
		2, 3	Sep 11
2	Lab 1	4	Sep 16
		5, 6	Sep 18
3	Lab 2	7	Sep 23
		8, 9	Sep 25
4	Lab 3	10	Sep 30	Truth and Reconciliation Day
		11, 12	Oct 2
5	Lab 4	13	Oct 7
		14, 15	Oct 9
6	Lab 5	16	Oct 14
		17, 18	Oct 16
7	Lab 6	19	Oct 21
		20, 21	Oct 23
8	Lab 7	22	Oct 28
		23, 24	Oct 30
9	Lab 8	25	Nov 4
		26, 27	Nov 6
10	Lab 9	28	Nov 11	Remembrance Day
		29, 30	Nov 13
11	Lab 10	31	Nov 18
		32, 33	Nov 20
12	Lab 11	34	Nov 25
		35, 36	Nov 27
13	Lab 12	37	Dec 2
		38, 39	Dec 4
	Mini-Project, Final Exam	—

* Check CourSys for the actual due dates and times.

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