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*'''Week''' 1: | *'''Week''' 1: | ||
| − | ** | + | ** General introduction (Chap 1) |
*'''Week''' 2: | *'''Week''' 2: | ||
| − | ** | + | **Binary system, arithmetic, logic gates (Chap 2) |
| − | ** | + | **logic gates, binary adder (Chap 2) |
*'''Week3''': | *'''Week3''': | ||
| − | ** Building a computer | + | ** Building a computer (Chap 5) |
***von Neuman architecture | ***von Neuman architecture | ||
***Von Neuman bottleneck | ***Von Neuman bottleneck | ||
*** CPU, RAM, Secondary Memory | *** CPU, RAM, Secondary Memory | ||
*** Case Study: the Suse EEE, and the switch from magnetic to semiconductor storage | *** Case Study: the Suse EEE, and the switch from magnetic to semiconductor storage | ||
| − | ** History of computers | + | ** History of computers (Chap 5) |
***video "Machine that changed the world" | ***video "Machine that changed the world" | ||
*** Loom, Craig. | *** Loom, Craig. | ||
* '''Week''' 4: | * '''Week''' 4: | ||
| − | ** Client/Server architecture. | + | ** Client/Server architecture. (Chap 10) |
***Trends. | ***Trends. | ||
***Services. | ***Services. | ||
***Google vs. Microsoft | ***Google vs. Microsoft | ||
| − | ** Programming: Javascript | + | ** Programming: Javascript (Chap 6) |
* '''Week''' 5: | * '''Week''' 5: | ||
| − | ** Programming: Javascript | + | ** Programming: Javascript (Chap 7) |
** Programming: Javascript | ** Programming: Javascript | ||
* '''Week''' 6: | * '''Week''' 6: | ||
| − | ** Programming: other languages | + | ** Programming: other languages |
| − | ** Chapter 4, NP, solvability, towers of hanoi | + | ** Chapter 4, NP, solvability, towers of hanoi (Chap. 4) |
| − | * '''Week''' 7: | + | * '''Week''' 7: |
| − | ** Parallel programming | + | ** Parallel programming (Chap 10) |
*** SETI@home | *** SETI@home | ||
***Folding@home | ***Folding@home | ||
* '''Week''' 8: | * '''Week''' 8: | ||
| − | ** Singularity | + | ** Singularity (Handouts) |
Revision as of 10:59, 12 August 2008
Contents
CSC 103: How Computers Work
Schedule
First half of Fall 2008: Sept 4th to Oct. 21st.
Textbook
The Most Complex Machine., by David Eck, A. K. Peters, Natick Ma [1]. This book should be available at the Greycourt bookstore. (CSC103_Book_Chapters)
Organization, Schedule & Reading
- Week 1:
- General introduction (Chap 1)
- Week 2:
- Binary system, arithmetic, logic gates (Chap 2)
- logic gates, binary adder (Chap 2)
- Week3:
- Building a computer (Chap 5)
- von Neuman architecture
- Von Neuman bottleneck
- CPU, RAM, Secondary Memory
- Case Study: the Suse EEE, and the switch from magnetic to semiconductor storage
- History of computers (Chap 5)
- video "Machine that changed the world"
- Loom, Craig.
- Building a computer (Chap 5)
- Week 4:
- Client/Server architecture. (Chap 10)
- Trends.
- Services.
- Google vs. Microsoft
- Programming: Javascript (Chap 6)
- Client/Server architecture. (Chap 10)
- Week 5:
- Programming: Javascript (Chap 7)
- Programming: Javascript
- Week 6:
- Programming: other languages
- Chapter 4, NP, solvability, towers of hanoi (Chap. 4)
- Week 7:
- Parallel programming (Chap 10)
- SETI@home
- Folding@home
- Parallel programming (Chap 10)
- Week 8:
- Singularity (Handouts)
