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8-15
 HW7: Homework 7 is now available. This assignment is optional -- the score for this assignment will only be included in your final grade if it helps your final score.
8-14
 Final Survey: The course final survey is now available. Please complete it before or during Tuesday's lab, as it is required for checkoff. Your responses are anonymous. We ask for your login, but only to do the checkoff. Your login is not stored with your responses.
8-9
 Proj4 Specs: Project 4 is now out. It will be due August 15, 2006 at 11:59pm.
8-8
 Proj3 Assembler: Your classmate Anton has coded up a basic assembler for your proj3 CPU in java. Enjoy the .java or .class files!
7-30
 PROJ3 & HW6: Project 3, the CPU design project is now available. It will be due by the end of the day, August 8th. Homework 6 is a check point in the design process. You must submit your ALU by the end of the day, August 5.
8-3
 Last Minute Office Hours for MT2: Michael will have last minute office hours on the day of midterm 2 in 271 Soda from 9:00am to 10:30am.
7-26
 Regrade for HW2: All HW2 will be automatically regraded due to miscommunication between the staff about Makefile issues. As a result, please DO NOT email the reader for regrade on HW2.
7-26
 HW5: The new homework covering logic design and state machines is now available. It will be due in lecture on August 2nd.
7-24
 Spim Debugger: There is a bug with the spim debugger that may hamper your efforts to debug your code. Please check out Michael's page for more information.
7-19
 PROJ2: Project two is now available and will be due by the end of the day Friday, July 28.
7-17
 HW4: A new homework covering MIPS has been released. It is relatively short and is due by the end of the day Friday, July 21.
7-16

Midterm 1 Stats: The highest possible score on the midterm was 45 points. The stats for the exam (so far -- please do not publicly discuss the exam yet, as some people still need to take it) are:

Average: 31.25, Standard Deviation: 8, Median: 30.875, Max: 44.

7-14
 Project 1 Deadline: The deadline for Project 1 has been extended until the end of the day, Monday, July 17.
7-14
 Midterm 1: Don't forget, Midterm 1 is today, July 14, from 11:00am - 2:00pm in 10 Evans.
7-12
 Green Sheet Corrections: There are FOUR errors on the green sheet:
  • On the side that says 'Core Instruction Set', lb, lbu, lhu, lw do not have opcode of 0. Their actual opcode is in the 'funct' portion.
  • For the branch instructions, the BranchAddr value should be multiplied by 4 (or shifted left by 2)
  • The return register (ra) is NOT preserved across the call (the green sheet incorrectly says it is preserved across the call).
  • On the side that says 'Core Instruction Set', the shift instructions (sll, srl, sra), rt is the register that is modified, not rs. For example, sll $2, $3, 4 will have rs = 0 and rt = 3.
7-12
 More Extra Office Hours: Chris will be holding extra office hours Thursday, the day before the midterm, from 5-8pm in 511 Soda.
7-12
 MT1 Review Worksheet: A worksheet is available for students to practice problems. You can access it by clicking here.
7-10
 Last Minute MT1 Office Hours: Michael will be having last minute office hours on the day of MT1 from 9:00-10:30am in 271 Soda.
7-08

Project 1: The project 1 specification is now available. It will be due by the end of the day, Sunday, July 16. Remember that these projects make up a decent chunk of your final grade -- be sure you put the requisite effort into it.

7-05

Office Hours: The weekly schedule below has been updated with office hours for Andy, Chris, and Michael.

7-05

Homework 3: The third homework is now out. It will be due by the end of the day, Monday, July 10. Start early, you have a project coming soon as well.
6-28

Homework 2: The second homework is now available from the calendar below. It will be due by the end of the day, Wednesday, July 5. Note the requirement that you submit a Makefile with your solution.
6-26

Homework 1: The first homework is now available from the calendar below. It will be due by the end of the day, Sunday, July 2.

6-26

Syllabus: The course syllabus, along with other helpful information, is available in the Resources section below.
6-19

Welcome to CS61c -- Summer 2006. Our first day of class is Monday, June 26. We will be holding the first round of discussion sections Monday as well. Your course staff is looking forward to a great semester and to meeting you all. On this page you'll find the tenative course schedule along with other important information. Official office hours will be announced shortly, but Andy will hold a quasi-office hour immediately following Monday's lecture to answer any questions you may have about the course.