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]
4. The Processor [“The Processor” slides]
   1. Digital Circuits [Digital Circuits slides]
   2. The Processor [The Processor slides]
   3. Instructions [Instructions slides]
   4. Memory [Memory slides]
   5. Instruction Cycle [Instruction Cycle slides]
   6. Reality [Reality slides]
   7. The Point [The Point slides]
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. Threads
16. Leftovers
17. Conclusion

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Schedule

Week	Deliverables (*)	Lecture Hour	Lecture Date	First Slide
1		1	May 13	Intro
		2, 3	May 15	Multi-file C
2	Lab 1	4	May 20	Example: call preserving
		5, 6	May 22
3	Lab 2	7	May 27
		8, 9	May 29
4	Lab 3	10	Jun 3
		11, 12	Jun 5
5	Lab 4	13	Jun 10
		14, 15	Jun 12
6	Lab 5	16	Jun 17
		17, 18	Jun 19
7	Lab 6, Quiz 1	19	Jun 24	Quiz 1
		20, 21	Jun 26
8	Lab 7	22	Jul 1	Canada Day holiday 🍁
		23, 24	Jul 3
9	Lab 8	25	Jul 8
		36, 27	Jul 10
10	Lab 9	28	Jul 15
		29, 30	Jul 17
11	Lab 10, Quiz 2	31	Jul 22	Quiz 2
		32, 33	Jul 24
12	Lab 11	34	Jul 29
		35, 36	Jul 31
13	Lab 12	37	Aug 5
		38, 39	Aug 7
14+	Mini-Project, Final Exam	—

* Check CourSys for the actual due dates and times.