15-213 Introduction to Computer Systems

Units: 12.0 Department: Computer Science Prerequisites: 15-113 and 15-211 Related URLs: http://www.csd.cs.cmu.edu This course provides a programmer's view of how computer systems execute programs, store information, and communicate. It enables students to become more effective programmers, especially in dealing with issues of performance, portability and robustness. It also serves as a foundation for courses on compilers, networks, operating systems, and computer architecture, where a deeper understanding of systems-level issues is required. Topics covered include: machine-level code and its generation by optimizing compilers, performance evaluation and optimization, computer arithmetic, memory organization and management, networking technology and protocols, and supporting concurrent computation.

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Spring 2005 times

Sec	Time	Day	Instructor	Location
1	9:00 - 10:20 am	T	Pfenning	WEH 7500
		R	Pfenning	WEH 7500
A	10:30 - 11:20 am	M	Instructor TBA	OSC 203
B	11:30 am - 12:20 pm	M	Instructor TBA	OSC 203
C	12:30 - 1:20 pm	M	Instructor TBA	OSC 203
D	1:30 - 2:20 pm	M	Instructor TBA	OSC 203
E	2:30 - 3:20 pm	M	Instructor TBA	OSC 203
F	3:30 - 4:20 pm	M	Instructor TBA	OSC 203