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{{Admon/important|It's Alive!|This [[SPO600]] weekly schedule will be updated as the course proceeds - dates and content are subject to change. The cells in the summary table will be linked to relevant resources and labs as the course progresses.}}
== Schedule Summary Table ==
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|7||Oct 19||[[#Tuesday (Oct 20)|Project Status - Stage IBuild the compiler options test tool.]]||[[#Friday (Oct 23)|Project discussions and hackingselection.]]||[[#Week 7 Deliverables|Blog about the compiler options test tool and your selected project - this will be used to assign your first project mark.]]
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|8||Nov 2||No class scheduled. [[#Tuesday (Nov 3)|Computer architecture primerWork on the Course Project.]]||[[#Friday (Nov 6)|Assembler Lab (Lab 5).Project Status - Stage I]]||[[#Week 8 Deliverables|Blog about your project progress - this will be used to assign your 1st Project marks - as well as the Assembler Lab (Lab 5).]]
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|9||Nov 9||[[#Tuesday (Nov 10)|UpstreamingComputer Architecture Overview]]||[[#Friday (Nov 13)|Spinlocks, Tail Call OptimizationAssembler lab (Lab 4)]]||[[#Week 9 Deliverables|Blog about your project work and upstream interactionsLab 4.]]
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|10||Nov 16||[[#Tuesday (Nov 17)|Project Status - Stage II.Discussion & Hack Session]]||[[#Friday (Nov 20)|Inline assembler.Discussion & Hack Session - Framework]]||[[#Week 10 Deliverables|Blog about your project progress - this will be used to assign your second project marks.]]
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|11||Nov 23||[[#Tuesday (Nov 24)|SIMDand Auto-vectorization (Lab 5)]]||[[#Friday (Nov 27)|GCC Auto-vectorization (Lab 6)Framework Discussion and Hack Session]]||[[#Week 11 Deliverables|Blog about Lab 6 as well as SIMD/vectorization and your project(Lab 5).]]
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|12||Nov 30||[[#Tuesday (Dec 1)|Discussion & Benchmarking Discussions and Hack Session]]||[[#Friday (Dec 4)|Synthesis of project results.Memory Barriers, Spinlocks, Inline Assembler, and Tail Call Optimizations]]||[[#Week 12 Deliverables|Blog about your work.]]
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|13||Dec 7||[[#Tuesday (Dec 8)|Project Presentations Status - Stage 3II]]||style="background: #f0f0ff"|(Exams in progress - no class)||[[#Week 13 Deliverables|Blog about your project progress - this will be used to assign your 3rd project marks.]]
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|Exam Week||Dec 14||colspan="3" align="center"|Exam Week - No exam in this course!However, be sure to complete your '''[[#Final Deliverables|Final Deliverables]] by 11:59 pm on Friday, December 18'''.
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* Blog your recommendations for the test framework design.
== Week 7 == === Tuesday (Oct 20) ===* Build the [[SPO600 Framework Project|Compiler Options Test Framework]] === Friday (Oct23) ===* Project selection** Your task over reading week: Become an expert in building your selected software, and then make it work with the [[SPO600 Framework Project|Compiler Options Test Framework]] === Week 7 Deliverables ===* Blog about the compiler options framework, and your work on that project.* Blog about your selected project. == Week 8 == === Tuesday (Nov 3) ===* No class scheduled - your [[User:Chris Tyler|prof]] is in Whitehorse, YK at an NSERC workshop.* Please work on your [[Fall 2015 SPO600 Course Project|project]], and be ready to present on Friday. === Friday (Nov 6) ===* Present your Stage I results for your [[Fall 2015 SPO600 Course Project|project]]. === Week 8 Deliverables === * Blog about your [[Fall 2015 SPO600 Course Project|stage I project results]]. This will be used to assign the first marks for your project. == Week 9 == === Tuesday (Nov 10) === * [[Computer Architecture]] overview (see also the [[:Category:Computer Architecture|Computer Architecture Category]]) === Friday (Nov 13) === * [[SPO600 Assembler Lab|Assembly language lab]] (lab 4) === Week 9 Deliverables === * Blog about your project progress (2+ posts per week).* Blog the [[SPO600 Assembler Lab|Assembly language lab]] -- include your results, a link to your source code, and your reflections on the experience. == Week 10 == === Tuesday (Nov 17) ===* Discussion & Hack Session** [[SPO600 Assembler Lab|Assembly language lab (Lab 4) results]]** Testing Framework === Friday (Nov 20) ===* Hack session on the Testing Framework === Week 10 Deliverables ===* Blog about your project work* Blog about your Lab 5 results == Week 11 == === Tuesday (Nov 22) ===* SIMD and Vectorization* [[SPO600 Vectorization Lab|Vectorization Lab (Lab 6)]] === Friday (Nov 25) ===* Discussion of the State of the Framework* Hack Session === Week 11 Deliverables ===* Blog your [[SPO600 Vectorization Lab|Lab 6]] results. == Week 12 == === Tuesday (Dec 1) ===* Stage II Results - Brief Presentations === Friday (Dec 4) ===* '''No Class''' - Early start to Exam Week === Week 12 Deliverables ===* Blog about your Project Status - Stage II Results** Provide results for the various flag combinations you tested** Discuss the results, highlighting any anomalies == Final Deliverables ==* Blog about your Project Status - Stage III Results** Important: Incorporate any feedback on your Stage II results** Outline what you learned from your investigation into various combination of GCC flags** Discuss what the upstream projects should do based on these results** Communicate the results to the upstream project, if appropriate** Outline further investigation that should be undertaken* Blog a reflective blog post on the course** What you have learned** What you already knew** What was good or bad about the way the course proceeded]** How you might use this knowledge in the future* This is the last chance to submit any lab postings, etc.'''All blog postings must be in by Friday, December 18, at 11:59 pm to be included in the final grade.'''
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