Archive for February, 2009

Exam 1 Stats

Thursday, February 26th, 2009

Mean: 50/64 (78%)
Median: 50/64 (78%)
Standard Deviation: 7.5/64 (12%)

Multiplication and Division

Thursday, February 26th, 2009

Today we will review the first test and talk about how to multiply and divide integers.

Slides for today.

Arithmetic

Thursday, February 26th, 2009

Read chapter 3 with emphasis on 3.3-3.6.

Sample Quiz 1

Tuesday, February 17th, 2009

I cobbled together this PDF from previous years. Your test will be very different but this will give you an idea of what I’m looking for.

Implementing Arithmetic with Gates

Tuesday, February 17th, 2009

Today we’ll see how to implement arithmetic (and some logical) functions using gates.

Slides for today.

Readings: Appendix B1-B6.

I just emailed solutions to problem sets 1 and 2

Thursday, February 12th, 2009

If you don’t get them in email let me know.

Friday Help Session

Thursday, February 12th, 2009

This Friday 13 Feb from 2-3 in 014 I’ll host a help session. Come with any questions about anything and I’ll try to help.

Of course, feel free to email, drop by my office or better yet schedule an appointment to see me if you have questions.

Transistors and Logic

Tuesday, February 10th, 2009

In today’s lecture we’ll dive deep into the implementation of computers to explore the lowest level building blocks.

Slides for today.

Problem Set #3

Tuesday, February 10th, 2009

In Problem Set #3 you’ll have more programming fun! Due 17 Feb 2009.

Assemblers and Compilers

Thursday, February 5th, 2009

Today we’ll talk about how assemblers and compilers prepare programs for execution.

Slides for today.