Instructor
Gary M. Zoppetti, Ph.D.
Office: Roddy 134
Office Hours and Contact Info: cs.millersville.edu/~gzoppetti

Final
Section 01: Thu, 12/12; 10:15 — 12:15 pm
Section 02: Fri, 12/13; 10:15 — 12:15 pm

Syllabus and Assignments

• Syllabus
• Unless otherwise specified, a due date of X means the assignment is due by 11:59 pm on day X. Times are strictly enforced by the grading system!
• Reading
  • Tour of Computer Systems (1)
  • Representing and Manipulating Information (2)
  • Machine-Level Representation of Programs (3)
  • Processor Architecture (4.1 – 4.4)
  • Memory Hierarchy (6.3 – 6.6)
• Assignments
  • Assignment 0: Layers (Intro); due Wed, 09/04. Assignment 0.

Useful Links

• Lecture Notes.
• My Code Samples.
• Problem Set Requirements.
• Autolab. For submitting your assignments.
• Getting Started with Autolab CLI.

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• IAS Instruction Set.
• Cache Simulator.

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• Godbolt. Online Compiler Explorer.
• x86-64 Assembly Reference.
• GDB Reference.
• x86 Assembly Wikibook*.

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• GNU Assembler (as).
• Intel 64 and IA-32 Architectures: Software Developer's Manuals (Volumes 1, 2, 3, and Software Optimization Reference).
• x86 Opcode & Instruction Reference.
• Intel Instruction Latencies.
• Intel ARK. Intel processor information.

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• Logisim. Circuit design and simulation.
• Logisim-evolution. Updated version of Logisim.
• Anatomy of a Program in Memory. Good article on virtual address space layout.

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• Resources. Other helpful resources.