In today’s lecture we’ll consider the wonders and worries of floating point arithmetic.
Slides for today.
Floating Point
March 3rd, 2009Problem Set #4
March 3rd, 2009This problem set brings the issues of programming and representation in a beautiful way. You’ll want to allow plenty of time to think through and implement this. I strongly encourage you to program the entire exercise in a high-level language first and then translate your result into assembly language.
Exam 1 Stats
February 26th, 2009
Mean: 50/64 (78%)
Median: 50/64 (78%)
Standard Deviation: 7.5/64 (12%)
Multiplication and Division
February 26th, 2009Today we will review the first test and talk about how to multiply and divide integers.
Slides for today.
Arithmetic
February 26th, 2009Read chapter 3 with emphasis on 3.3-3.6.
Sample Quiz 1
February 17th, 2009I 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
February 17th, 2009Today 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
February 12th, 2009If you don’t get them in email let me know.
Friday Help Session
February 12th, 2009This 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
February 10th, 2009In today’s lecture we’ll dive deep into the implementation of computers to explore the lowest level building blocks.
Slides for today.