15-213 Lectures, Fall 2007

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.

• Class 01 - Introduction (Aug 29):
  • Course Overview (Ganger) (pdf6up)
  • Course Organization (Mowry) (syllabus.pdf)
• Class 02 - Bits, Bytes, and Integers (Aug 31) (pdf6up)
  • Data Lab (L1) handed out
• Class 03 - Floating point (Sep 5) (pdf6up)
• Class 04 - Machine-Level Programming I - Introduction (Sep 7) (pdf4up)
• Class 05 - Machine-Level Programming II - Control Flow (Sep 12) (pdf4up)
  • Data Lab (L1) due 11:59pm
  • Bomb Lab (L2) handed out
• Class 06 - Machine-Level Programming III- Procedures (Sep 14) (pdf4up)
• Class 07 - Machine-Level Programming IV - Data (Sep 19) (pdf4up)
• Class 08 - Code Optimization (Sep 21) (pdf4up)
  • Bomb Lab (L2) due 11:59pm
  • Buffer Lab (L3) handed out
• Class 09 - The Memory Hierarchy (Sep 26) (pdf4up)
• Class 10 - Cache Memories (Sep 28) (pdf4up)
• Class 11 - Cache Performance (Oct 3) (pdf4up)
  • Buffer Lab (L3) due 11:59pm
  • Performance Lab (L4) handed out
• Class 12 - Linking (Oct 5) (pdf6up)
  • Code examples (for those interested): Library interpositioning techniques
• Class 13 - Exceptional Control Flow & Processes (Oct 10) (pdf6up)
  • Code examples (from class): Fork and exec examples.
• Class 14 - Exceptional Control Flow II (Oct 12) (pdf6up)
  • Performance Lab (L4) due
  • Code examples (from class): Signal examples.
• Class 15 - Midterm Exam (no lecture notes)
  • Shell Lab (L5) handed out
• Class 16 - Dynamic Memory Allocation I (Oct 24) (pdf4up)
• Class 17 - Dynamic Memory Allocation II (Oct 26) (pdf6up)
  • Shell Lab (L5) due 11:59pm
  • Malloc Lab (L6) handed out
• Class 18 - System Level I/O (Oct 31) (pdf6up)
  • Code examples: (IO Files, README)
• Class 19 - Virtual Memory (Nov 2) (pdf4up)
• Class 20 - Memory System Case Studies (Nov 7) (pdf4up)
• Class 21 - Internetworking (Nov 9) (pdf6up)
  • Code example: dns.c
• Class 22 - Network Programming (Nov 14) (pdf6up)
  • Client / Server code examples: echoclient.c, echoserveri.c
• Class 23 - Web Services (Nov 16) (pdf6up)
  • Tiny Web Server: (tiny, tiny.tar)
• Class 24 - Concurrent Programming (Nov 28) (pdf6up)
  • Code examples: (echo, README)
• Class 25 - Concurrent Programming cont. and Synchronization (Nov 30) (pdf6up)
• Class 26 - Synchronization (Dec 5) (pdf6up)