Selected topic:
15-213: Introduction to Computer Systems
(ICS)
Topics covered include: machine-level code
and its generation by optimizing compilers, performance evaluation and
optimization, computer arithmetic, memory organization and management,
networking technology and protocols, and supporting concurrent computation.
This is a course of CMU main campus. I am
still trying to figure out how to do the lab homework and get graded.
Reason for selecting the topic
The ICS course provides a programmer's view
of how computer systems execute programs, store information, and communicate.
It enables me to become more effective programmers, especially in dealing with
issues of performance, portability and robustness.
Research materials
Book: Randal E. Bryant and David R.
O’Hallaron, Computer Systems: A Programmer’s Perspective,
Second Edition (CS:APP2e), Prentice Hall,
2011
Metrics of success
Consistently follow the class schedule and
do the labs(class homework) to practice.
Introduction to your blog
Milestones
Here is the schedule of the class, I’ll try
to follow that:
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Date
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Lecture/Recitation
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Lec1*
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Reading
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Labs
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Jan
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14
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No
recitations
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Jan
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15
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Overview
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scg/agr
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1
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Jan
|
17
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Bits
and Bytes
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scg
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2.1
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L1
(datalab) out
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Jan
|
21
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Recitation
2
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Jan
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22
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Integers
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scg
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2.2-2.3
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Jan
|
24
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Floating
Point
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scg
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2.4
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Jan
|
28
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Recitation
3
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Jan
|
29
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Machine
Prog: Basics
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scg
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3.1-3.5,
3.13.1-3.13.3
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Jan
|
31
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Machine
Prog: Control
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agr
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3.6,
3.13.4
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L1
due, L2 (bomblab) out
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Feb
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4
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Recitation
4
|
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Feb
|
5
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Machine
Prog: Procedures
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agr
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3.7
|
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Feb
|
7
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Machine
Prog: Data
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agr
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3.8-3.9,
3.13.5
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Feb
|
11
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Recitation
5
|
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Feb
|
12
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Machine
Prog: Advanced
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agr
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3.10-3.12,
3.14-3.15
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L2
due, L3 (buflab) out
|
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Feb
|
14
|
The
Memory Hierarchy
|
scg
|
6.1-6.3
|
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Feb
|
18
|
Recitation
6
|
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Feb
|
19
|
Cache
Memories
|
scg
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6.4-6.7
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L3
due, L4 (cachelab) out
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Feb
|
21
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Linking
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scg
|
7
|
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Feb
|
25
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Recitation
7
|
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Feb
|
26
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ECF:
Exceptions & Processes
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scg
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8.1-8.4
|
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Feb
|
28
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ECF:
Signals & Nonlocal Jumps
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scg
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8.5-8.8
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L4 due
|
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Mar
|
4
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Recitation
8 - Exam Review
|
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Mar
|
5
|
Midterm
Exam
|
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Mar
|
7
|
System
Level I/O
|
tbd
|
10
|
L5
(tshlab) out
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Mar
|
11
|
Spring
Break, No classes
|
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Mar
|
18
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Recitation
9
|
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Mar
|
19
|
Virtual
Memory: Concepts
|
tbd
|
9.1-9.6
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Mar
|
21
|
Virtual
Memory: Systems
|
tbd
|
9.7-9.8
|
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Mar
|
25
|
Recitation
10
|
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Mar
|
26
|
Dynamic
Memory Allocation: Basic
|
tbd
|
9.9
|
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Mar
|
28
|
Dynamic
Memory Allocation: Advanced
|
tbd
|
9.10-9.13
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L5
due, L6 (malloclab) out
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Apr
|
1
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Recitation
11
|
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Apr
|
2
|
Internetworking
|
tbd
|
11.1-11.3
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Apr
|
4
|
Network
Programming
|
tbd
|
11.4
|
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Apr
|
8
|
Recitation
12
|
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Apr
|
9
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Web
Services (1up, 4up}
|
tbd
|
11.5-11.7
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Apr
|
11
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Concurrent
Programming
|
tbd
|
12.1-12.3
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L6
Due, L7 (proxylab) out
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Apr
|
15
|
Recitation
13
|
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Apr
|
16
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Synchronization:
Basic
|
tbd
|
12.4,
12.5.1-3
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Apr
|
18
|
No
class (Carnival)
|
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Apr
|
22
|
Recitation
14
|
||||
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Apr
|
23
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Synchronization:
Advanced
|
tbd
|
12.5.4-5,
12.7-8
|
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Apr
|
25
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Thread-Level
Parallelism
|
tbd
|
12.6
|
L7 due
|
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Apr
|
29
|
Recitation
15
|
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Apr
|
30
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Intro
to some Advanced Topics
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May
|
2
|
Review
Session
|
||||
Final goal
Become a better programmer by learning the
basic concepts underlying all computer systems. Understand what really happens
when the programs run, so that when things go wrong (as they always do) I will
have the intellectual tools to solve the problem.
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