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* [[CSC103 Homework 2 Fall 2012 | Homework 2]] (will be due on 10/4/12 @ 9:00 a.m.)
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* [[CSC103 Homework 2 Fall 2012 | Homework 2]] and [[CSC103 Homework 2 Solution Fall 2012 | Solution]]
 
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** Disassembling a PC:
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** Video about the first personal computer (a bit of history!)
 
** Video about the first personal computer (a bit of history!)
 
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** [[How to Create a Wiki Page | Introduction to creating Wiki pages]]
 
** Introduction to Assembly Language: the secret language of the processor!
 
** Introduction to Assembly Language: the secret language of the processor!
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** Microprocessor and Assembly Language
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** [[CSC103 A Game of Numbers | Let's play a game]]
 
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** Assembly Language Programming.
 
** Assembly Language Programming.
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** the [http://maven.smith.edu/~thiebaut/classes/103/applets.htm xComputer Simulator]
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** the [[CSC103 Basic Instructions| Instruction Set]] for our computer
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** [[CSC103 Assembly Program 1 | A first program]]
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** [[CSC103 Assembly Program 2 | A second program]]
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** Execution of selected instructions ([[Media:CSC103InstructionsBeforeAfter.pdf|pdf]])
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** [[CSC103_Assembly_Language_Lab_2012 | '''Lab''']]
 
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* [[CSC103_Homework_3_Fall_2012 | Homework 3]] (officially starts on 10/4, due 10/11)
 
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** [http://math.hws.edu/TMCM/java/labs/xComputerLab1.html A good description of the Computer simulator]
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** You will find Wikipedia's [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Central_processing_unit description of the processor] interesting.  Concentrate mostly on the sections labeled '''Microprocessor''', '''Operation''', and '''Clock Rate'''.
 
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* '''Tuesday''': <font color="magenta">'''Fall Break'''</font>
 
* '''Tuesday''': <font color="magenta">'''Fall Break'''</font>
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** Execution of selected instructions ([[Media:CSC103InstructionsBeforeAfter.pdf| solution]] and [[Media:CSC103InstructionsBeforeAfterTemplate.pdf| template]])
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* [[CSC103 Homework 4 Fall 2012 | Homework #4]] and [[CSC103 Homework 4 Solutions Fall 2012 | solutions]]
 
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** Primary
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*** [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_von_Neumann Jon von Neumann], who first defined the architecture of modern computers.  We are still building computers according to his original unpublished ''draft''
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*** von Neumann's [http://cs.smith.edu/dftwiki/images/f/f8/VonNewmannEdvac.pdf ''draft'']
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*** [http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/02/120217145747.htm new research in DNA computing]: we are trying hard to find new ways to perform computation and leave the von Neumann architecture.
  
 
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** [[CSC231_Homework_9_Solution_2010 | Example of a real Assembly Language]] program
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** [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Von_Neumann_architecture von Neumann's bottleneck]
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** John von Neumann
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**  The von Neumann ''bottleneck'' [http://cs.smith.edu/dftwiki/images/CSC103_VonNeumannBottleneck.pdf (pdf)]
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*** Memory vs. processor.  What do dimes and football fields have in common?
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*** Attempts to circumvent the bottleneck
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** [[Introduction_to_Processing | Introduction to Processing]]
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** [[CSC103 Processing Lab | Processing lab]][[CSC103 Processing Lab: Solution Sketches|.]]
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**'''[[CSC103 Take-Home Final Exam Fall 2012|Take-home Final Exam.]]''' and [[CSC103 Final Solutions Fall 2012 | Solutions]]
 
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** [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Von_Neumann_architecture The Von Neumann Architecture]
  
 
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** [http://cs.smith.edu/dftwiki/images/CSC103ExponentialLawsMooresLaysAndKurzweil.pdf Introduction to Exponential Laws, Moore's Law, and Ray Kurzweil]
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** Quiz & Discussion of two papers on the concept of ''Singularity'':
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*** [http://cs.smith.edu/~thiebaut/research/singularity/ieee_spectrum__signs_of_the_singularity.pdf Signs of the Singularity] by Vernor Vinge.
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** And if you think the idea of the singularity is interesting and want to see how somebody pushes the idea even farther, watch this [http://www.ted.com/talks/susan_blackmore_on_memes_and_temes.html TED talk by Susan Blackmore]!
 
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Latest revision as of 10:05, 31 October 2012

--D. Thiebaut 12:05, 21 August 2012 (EDT)

Wikis | Weekly Schedule | Main Page


Office Hours: Tu-Th: 2:00-4:00 p.m. and by appointment.

Weekly Schedule

Week Topics Reading
Week 1
9/6
  • Thursday
    • Introduction to the class and the 1/2 semester
    • Organization of the class
    • a short movie to get the discussion started...
    • some examples of computers:


AbacusWolfram.png


DifferenceEngine.jpg


DifferenceEngineDetail.jpg


DNAComputer.png


Antikythera.jpg
Antikythera mechanism, oldest computer


(start at 1min 47sec)

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Harvard research: 1.8 zettabytes in 4 grams of DNA


    • Keywords:
      • code: Translating from one system of values to another system.
    • Electricity
    • The Binary System: a system where the only two numbers available are 0 and 1. Every operation that we can do in decimal, with 10 digits, we can also do in binary.
    • The Transistor: A switch controlled by electricity.
    • Two giants for computer science:
      • George Boole (1779-1848): logic expression = boolean expression. Logic: creating formulas where variables are combined by operators. The variables are boolean variables, the operators are logic operators. Any formula can be represented with a combination of just three operators: AND, OR, and NOT.
Week 2
9/11
World 1
(Logic) 		World 2
(Technology) 		World 3
(Math)
George Boole (1779-1848)

Expressions that can be True or False
Operators to combine expressions
And, Or, Not

Electricity

Switches (transistors)
ON/OFF
The idea of a code

Number systems

Decimal: 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9
Binary: 0, 1

    • Logic: truth tables for AND, OR, and NOT operators
    • Counting in decimal
    • Counting in base 8: 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 20, ... 76, 77, 100, 101, ...
    • Interesting published research result: U. Penn designs first optical gate


  • Thursday
    • Counting in base 2 (binary)
    • Adding in decimal
    • Adding in base 2
Week 3
9/18
  • Tuesday
    • Q&A
    • Review addition in base 2
    • Claude Shannon (1916-2001): writes a Master's thesis at MIT in 1948, which states that any binary numerical computation can be performed using logic expressions and logic operators. "The whole digital revolution started with [Shannon]"[1]
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Week 4
9/25




Week 5
10/2
  • Tuesday
    • Some comments about the current homework.
    • Creating a Wiki. Demonstration and introduction to the next homework assignment.
    • Quick summary of PC Demolition Lab. What you needed to discover:
      • The processor
      • The Crystal
      • The Random Access Memory (RAM)
      • The power supply
      • The mother board
      • The hard disk
      • The optical disk (DVD/CD player/burner)
      • The Wiring
      • Various Ports
    • How hard disks work:
    • Disassembling a PC:
    • Video about the first personal computer (a bit of history!)
Week 6
10/9
  • Tuesday: Fall Break
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  • Reading
    • Primary
      • Jon von Neumann, who first defined the architecture of modern computers. We are still building computers according to his original unpublished draft
    • Secondary
Week 7
10/16



Week 8
10/23
  • Reading/viewing
    • And if you think the idea of the singularity is interesting and want to see how somebody pushes the idea even farther, watch this TED talk by Susan Blackmore!



References

  1. ↑ Bell Labs digital guru dead at 84 — Pioneer scientist led high-tech revolution (The Star-Ledger, obituary by Kevin Coughlin 27 February 2001)








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