15-213 Lectures, Fall 2008

Files identified as ``pdf'' are in Adobe Acrobat format. Files identified as ``ppt'' are in Microsoft Powerpoint format. These were prepared using Microsoft Office on a Windows-based PC or using OpenOffice on a PC running FreeBSD.

• Class 01 - Introduction (Aug 26): (pdf, pdf4up, ppt)
• Class 02 - Bits, bytes, and integers (Aug 28): (pdf, pdf4up, ppt).
  • As mentioned in class, if you write the number -2147483648 in C, you'll get a compiler warning and some surprising results. See the Note on writing TMin in C, from the textbook' s errata pages, for a more detailed discussion.
• Class 03 - Floating Point (Sep 02): (pdf, pdf4up, ppt).
• Class 04 - Machine Language Programming I - Overview (Sep 04): (pdf, pdf4up, ppt). Here's the code for the function swap.
• Class 05 - Machine Language Programming II - Control (Sep 09): (pdf, pdf4up, ppt). Here's the code to illustrate control.
• Class 06 - Machine Language Programming III - Procedures (Sep 11): (pdf, pdf4up, ppt).
• Class 07 - Machine Language Programming IV - Data (Sep 16): (pdf, pdf4up, ppt).
• Class 08 - Machine Language Programming V - Advanced Topics (Sep 18): (pdf, pdf4up, ppt). Here's the code to illustrate buffer overflow
• Special Presentation - Program Verification with BDDs (Sep 18): (pdf, pdf4up, ppt).
• Class 09 - Main memory and caches (Sept. 23): (pdf, pdf4up, ppt).
• Class 10 - Cache Memories (Sept. 30): (pdf, pdf4up, ppt).
• Class 11 - Exceptional Control Flow and Processes I (Oct. 2): (pdf, pdf4up, ppt).
• Class 12 - Exceptional Control Flow II (Oct. 7): (pdf, pdf4up, ppt).
• Class 13 - System I/O (Oct. 9): (pdf, pdf4up, ppt). Sample code: (Directory, README).
• Class 14 - Virtual Memory (Oct. 14): (pdf, pdf4up, ppt).
• Class 15 - Dynamic Memory Allocation - 1 (Oct. 16): (pdf, pdf4up, ppt).
• Class 16 - Dynamic Memory Allocation - 2 (Oct. 21): (pdf, pdf4up, ppt).
• Class 17 - Disk-based Storage (Oct. 23): (pdf, pdf4up, ppt).
• Class 18 - Files (Oct. 28): (pdf, pdf4up, ppt).
• Class 19 - Internetworking (Nov. 4): (pdf, pdf4up, ppt). Sample code: (Directory, README).
• Class 20 - Network Programming (Nov. 6): (pdf, pdf4up, ppt). Sample code: (Directory, README).
• Class 21 - Web Services (Nov. 11): (pdf, pdf4up, ppt). Code for tiny web server: (Directory, README).
• Class 22 - Concurrent Programming (Nov. 13): (pdf, pdf4up, ppt).
• Class 23 - Concurrent Programming II (Nov. 18): (pdf, pdf4up, ppt).
• Class 24 - Synchronization (Nov. 20): (pdf, pdf4up, ppt). Sample code: (Directory, README).
• Class 25 - Program Optimization I (Nov. 25): (pdf, pdf4up, ppt).
• Class 26 - Program Optimization II (Dec. 2): (pdf, pdf4up, ppt). All the code used for the measurements can be found in /afs/cs.cmu.edu/academic/class/15213-f08/www/code/opt