CSE 378 Section Notes

Spring 2002

Section 1 - 4/4/02 - Binary Arithmetic

• Unsigned Binary Numbers
• Decimal to Binary and Hexadecimal
• Signed Binary Numbers
• Binary Addition and Subtraction
• ASCII codes

Section 2 - 4/11/02 - An Example Super Simple Machine Program

• Worksheet
• Answers

Section 3 - 4/18/02 - MIPS Assembly Language Programming

• Directives and Labels
• Converting C to Assembly

Section 4 - 4/25/02 - Prcoedure Calls

• Before a Procedure Call
• Procedure Entry
• Procedure Exit
• After a Procedure Call
• Example: Recursive Fibonacci

Section 5 - 5/2/02 - Midterm Exam Review

• Performance Exercises from the Textbook
• More Performance Exercises from the Textbook
• Sketch Solutions to Exercises from the Textbook

Section 6 - 5/9/02 - Midterm Exam Redux

Section 7 - 5/16/02 - Pipeline Forwarding

• Brief Notes About Pipeline Forwarding

Section 8 - 5/23/02 - Pipeline Forwarding Part Deux

• More Notes About Pipeline Forwarding

Section 9 - 5/30/02 - Caches

• Caches And Pipelines
• Cache Misses
• Cache Hand Simulation

Section 10 - 6/6/02 - TLBs And Page Tables

• TLBs And Page Tables