The syllabus listed weekly includes lecture slides, short video aids, demos, written problems, and reference to book chapters. Please ensure that you go over all the relevant material.
Calendar
| Date | Lectures | Date | Quiz, OH | Date | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thursday | Classroom | Monday | Classroom | Tuesday | CSIL |
| Sep 08 | Week 1 | Sep 12 | Quiz 1. (Class) | Sep 13 | Lab 1 |
| Sep 15 | Week 2 | Sep 19 | Holiday Async Quiz 2. | Sep 20 | Lab 2 |
| Sep 22 | Week 3 | Sep 26 | Quiz 3. (Ass1 due) | Sep 27 | Lab 3 |
| Sep 29 | Week 4 | Oct 03 | Quiz 4. | Oct 04 | Lab 4 |
| Oct 06 | Week 5 | Oct 10 | --No Session-- Quiz 5 |
Oct 11 | Lab 5 |
| Oct 13 | Week 6 Async Quiz 6 (Ass2 due) | Oct 17 | Midterm OH | Oct 18 | Lab 6 |
| Oct 20 | Midterm Exam | Oct 24 | Midterm review | Oct 24 | Lab 7 |
| Oct 27 | Week 7 | Oct 31 | Quiz 7. (Ass 3 due) Class. | Sep 1 | Lab 8 |
| Nov 03 | Week 8 | Nov 07 | Quiz 8. Class. | Nov 8 | |
| Nov 10 | Week 9 | Nov 14 | Class (Ass 4 due) | Nov 15 | Lab 9 |
| Nov 17 | Week 10 | Nov 21 | Class | Nov 22 | |
| Nov 24 | Week 11 | Nov 28 | Class Quiz 10/11. (Ass 5 due) | Nov 29 | |
| Dec 01 | Class Catch-up+Revision | Dec 05 | Revision Ass 6 due | Dec 06 |
SFU HAS INFORMED US THAT THEY WILL NOT BE ABLE TO RECORD F2F LECTURES
- +F2F - Deck will also be covered in class.
- +PRE - Prequisites that should have been taught in 125 or 130. If the slide material seem hard or unfamiliar then talk to an FAS advisor. If you have transferred from outside SFU, we urge you to take these courses at SFU to pick up the requisite material.
| Keys: Code. | Handouts | Video. |
Lecture notes
Additional Notes
- Pointer Chain Global Pointers Pointer and Arrays Nested Structs Pointer Overflow CharxInt int2bytes Int Alignment Byte-Int-Array
Book Chapters
- AOP: Chapter 3 (excluding 3.2.3)
- AOP: Chapter 5 and 6 Compiling and Debugging
Lecture notes
- C Memory Allocation (PRE 130)
- Integers (PRE 125)
- Integers II
- Structs and MultiD Arrays
- Self Practice Q/A Memory Bugs (PRE 130)
- Summary
- Class
Additional Notes
- Malloc/Free Print binary Shift Shift2 Bit manipulation Pointer Diff 2D as 1D Array-of-Structs to Multiple Arrays Array of Arrays - Pointer to Pointer
Book Chapters
- AOP: Chapter 12
Lecture notes
Additional Notes
- RISCV ISA
- Sum of Array (SoA)- Godbolt Run SoA Fibonacci - Godbolt Run Fib Loops (C) Loops (Run) Command line arithmetic (C) Command line arithmetic (Run) Jump table
Book Chapters
- ARCH 2.5, 2.10
Lecture notes
Additional Notes
- RISC-V Call
- Loops in RISC V (+F2F) Control flow graph for loops in RISC V Factorial in RISC V Malloc and assign Vtables and Classes in Assembly JTable Self modifying (String Example)
Book Chapters
- Readings: ARCH 2.12
Lecture notes
Additional Notes
Book Chapters
- RV: 3.1-3.3. AOP: 5
Lecture notes
Additional Notes
Book Chapters
- AOP: 3.2.3, ARCH: 3.5, 3.9
Lecture notes
Lecture notes
Additional Notes
Book Chapters
- ARCH: 5.1, 5.2, 5.3, 5.4, 5.8, 5.13, 5.15, 5.16.
Lecture notes
Additional Notes
Book Chapters
- CSPP 8.0-8.4, CSPP: 9.0-9.7.
Lecture notes
- Digital Logic (Combinatorial)
- Digial Logic (Sequential)
- Single Cycle Datapath (+F2F)
- Summary Digital System
- Summary RISC-V Datapath
- Combinational Logic (Monday Nov 14)
- Logic and Datapath (Thursday Nov 17, Monday Nov 21)
Book Chapters
- ARCH:A.3-A.6. ARCH:4.1-4.2
Lecture notes
- Pipeline Control
- Hazards (+F2F)
- Summary Control and Pipeline
- Summary Hazards
- Control and Pipelines (Lecture Week 11)
Additional Notes
Book Chapters
- ARCH:4.3-4.4