Aug 26-

Introduction

Aug 27-

LAB 1 - CPU registers, DOS operating system

Aug 28-

Computer models

Sep 1-

Labor Day

Sep 2-

Data representation

Sep 3-

LAB 2 - Binary numbers

Sep 4-

Data representation

Sep 9-

Binary arithmetic

Sep 10-

LAB 3 - Binary numbers, ASCII code

Sep 11-

Floating point numbers

Assignment # 1

Sep 16-

Character codes

Sep 17-

LAB 4 - Addressing memory, simple arithmetic

Sep 18-

Error detection/correction

Assignment # 2

Sep 23-

Error detection/correction

Sep 24-

LAB 5 - Arithmetic operations, conditional jump, flags

Sep 25-

Bus systems - Arbitration

Sep 30-

Computer memory, interrupts

Oct 1-

LAB 6 - Conditional jumps, loops

Oct 2-

Instruction processing

Assignment # 3

Oct 7-

Instruction set architecture

Oct 8-

LAB 7 - Boolean operations

Oct 9-

Addressing modes

Assignment # 4

Oct 14-

Pipeline

Oct 15-

LAB 8 - Bit manipulation

Oct 16-

Memory details

Oct 21-

Test # 1

Oct 22-

LAB 9 - Arrays and strings

Oct 23-

Cache memory

Oct 28-

Cache line replacement

Oct 29-

LAB 10 - Logical instructions

Oct 30-

Virtual memory

Assignment # 5

Nov 4-

Segmentation

Nov 5-

LAB 11 - Procedures

Nov 6-

Input-output

Assignment # 6

Nov 11-

I/O architectures

Nov 12-

LAB 12 - Procedures and stacks

Nov 13-

Data transmission

Nov 18-

Test # 2

Nov 19-

LAB 13 - Programming practice

Nov 20-

Magnetic disks

Nov 25-

Optical disks - tapes

Nov 26-

Thanksgiving Holidays

Nov 27-

Thanksgiving Holidays

Dec 2-

RAID

Dec 3-

LAB 14 - Programming practice

Dec 4-

RISC/CISC

Dec 9-

Finals (Tuesday, 11:00 am)