Nice Simple Floating Point Intro

May 2nd, 2010

http://floating-point-gui.de/

Final Exam

April 28th, 2010

As I said earlier in class and in my slides, the final exam will be Monday 3 May at 4pm in FB 009 (our usual room).

Review

April 26th, 2010

Today and Wednesday we are going to review, answer questions, work through that old final and do everything else we can think of to make sure you all do well on the final exam.

Operating System and I/O

April 21st, 2010

Today we’ll talk about how the OS uses hardware features to create the illusion that multiple programs are running at once.

Slides for today.

Virtual Memory

April 19th, 2010

Today we’ll take what we learned about using caches to make memory look faster and apply it to making memory look larger and get some other neat features besides.

Slides for today.

Cache Structure

April 14th, 2010

Today we’ll look at the details of how cache memories are organized.

Slides for today.

Today in class

April 12th, 2010

All we are going to do in class today is hand back and review the second mid term. Feel free to get it later or to pick it up and leave if you did well. I want to make sure those of you who missed questions are ready for when you’ll see them on the final.

Problem Set 8

April 12th, 2010

This problem set will give you some practice with the implementation of virtual memory. This is due 26 April.

Problem Set 7

April 12th, 2010

This problem set will give you some exercise thinking about caches. This is due Monday, 19 April.

Open Question/Review Session Monday

April 5th, 2010

Monday in class we’ll answer questions and review for the second midterm all period.