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Revision as of 13:20, 6 January 2014
It's Alive!
This weekly schedule will be updated as the course proceeds - dates and content are subject to change. The cells in this table will be linked to relevant resources and labs as the course progresses.
This weekly schedule will be updated as the course proceeds - dates and content are subject to change. The cells in this table will be linked to relevant resources and labs as the course progresses.
| Week | Week of... | Tuesday - Class | Thursday - ALC/Lab | Deliverables |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jan 6 | Introduction to Software Porting, Portability, Benchmarking, and Optimization | How is Code Accepted? - Analyze code submissions in two separate open source projects | Blog a commentary on code reviews in two communities |
| 2 | Jan 13 | Assembly language, Machine code, and Architecture Distinctions | Hello World - Compile a basic C program and analyze the resultant binary | Set up a Fedora system and the ARMv8 Foundation Model |
| 3 | Jan 20 | Writing in Assembler & Intro to Aarch64 | Write Hello World in assembler - x86_64 and Aarch64 | Given an x86_64 assembler program with a loop, write an Aarch64 version |
| 4 | Jan 27 | Non-portable code & Git and other SCMS | Software Selection - Introduce the Class to your selected Software Projects | Blog about your selected software projects |
| 5 | Feb 3 | Compiler Optimizations and Intrinsics | Compiler Optimization Lab - Observe GCC optimizations | Identify the machine-specific code in your selected projects |
| 6 | Feb 10 | Porting - Adding platform-specific code for Aarch64 | Group hack session - Porting | Port your projects |
| 7 | Feb 17 | Portability - Removing platform-specific code | Group hack session - Portability | Remove platform-specific code from your projects |
| Study Week | Feb 24 | Study Week | ||
| 8 | Mar 3 | Project Work | Project Work | Get code into review |
| 9 | Mar 10 | Benchmarking (I) - Baseline, Control, and Repeatability | Group hack session - Baseline benchmarks | Produce baseline benchmarks for your software |
| 10 | Mar 17 | Benchmarking (II) - Change Impact | Group hack session - Impact of your Changes | Publish change impact stats for your software |
| 11 | Mar 24 | Optimizing Code | Group hack - Profiling and optimizing | Code review update |
| 12 | Mar 31 | Project Work | Project Work | Code review update |
| 13 | Apr 7 | Conclusion | Final Presentations | Code accepted upstream |
| Exam Week | Apr 14 | Exam Week - No exam in this course! | ||
