Week of Nov 29, 2010

This week in 6.173:
- Tue: No Lecture
- Thu: No Lecture
- Fri: Final Project Report Due
- Please fill out 6.173 class evaluation survey: https://sixweb.mit.edu/student/evaluate/6.173-f2010
Tuesday, Dec. 7 Presentations:
- 2:30-2:40 Tanya - Ring Accumulator
- 2:45-2:55 Ariel - Real-time Multicore Task Scheduling
- 3:00-3:10 Michael - Guaranteed Message Delivery
- 3:15-3:25 George - Hardware Cache Coherence
- 3:30-3:40 Austen - Ring Accumulator
- 3:45-3:55
Thursday, Dec. 9 Presentations:
- 2:30-2:40 Sabrina - Hardware Reactive Locks
- 2:45-2:55 Kirby - Ring Min Accumulator
- 3:00-3:10 Melissa/Sari - Hardware Lock Algorithms
- 3:15-3:25 Stephanie - Ring Caboose-Train Protocol
- 3:30-3:40 Kai/John G. - Message Interrupts
- 3:45-3:55 John M. - Unknown
Thursday, Dec. 16 Final Exam
- 9-11am in our classroom (36-156)
- Open book. We recommend bringing at least lecture notes
- Cumulative. Covers lectures, labs and readings

Week of Nov. 15, 2010

This week in 6.173:
- Tue: Lecture
- Thu: Lecture
Office hours (in 38-530):
Next week in 6.173:
- Tue: No Lecture
- Thu: No Lecture (Thanksgiving holiday)
- Final Project Report Due. 12/3
The final project assignment has been updated to include more information about the writing assignments due as part of the final project.

Week of Nov. 8, 2010

This week in 6.173:
- Tue: Lecture
- Thu: No lecture (Veterans Day)
- Fri: Detailed Project Proposal Due.
- To be scheduled: project meeting with staff mentor
Office hours (in 38-530):
Next week in 6.173:
- Tue: Lecture
- Thu: Lecture
The final project assignment has been updated to include more information about the writing assignments due as part of the final project.

Week of Nov. 1, 2010

This week in 6.173:
- Tue: Lecture
- Thu: Lecture
- Fri: Project Abstract due
Office hours (in 38-530):
Next week in 6.173:
- Tue: Lecture
- Thu: No lecture (Veterans Day)
- Fri: Detailed Project Proposal Due.
- To be scheduled: project meeting with staff mentor
The final project assignment has been updated to include more information about the writing assignments due as part of the final project.

Week of Oct. 25, 2010

This week in 6.173:
- Tue: Lecture
- Thu: Lecture
Office hours (in 38-530):
Next week in 6.173:
- Tue: Lecture
- Wed: Lab #6 due
- Thu: Lecture
Lab #6 has been posted.
The final project assignment has been posted.
Quiz #1: average = 88.9, stddev=7, histogram, solutions.
The TAs have the graded quizzes and they can be picked up Friday in lab or Tuesday in lecture.

Week of Oct. 18, 2010

This week in 6.173:
- Tue: Lecture
- Thu: Quiz 1 in class
- Fri: Lab #5 due
Office hours (in 38-530):
Next week in 6.173:
- Tue: Lecture
- Thu: Lecture
- Fri: Lab #6 due
Quiz #1: average = 88.9, stddev=7, histogram, solutions.
The TAs have the graded quizzes and they can be picked up Friday in lab or Tuesday in lecture.
Quiz #1 is open book. We recommend that you bring at least the lecture handouts to the quiz. The quiz will cover material from the lectures, labs and readings. The quiz will be in class, i.e., 2:30p-4p on Thursday, 10/21, in room 36-156.

Week of Oct. 11, 2010

This week in 6.173:
- Tue: Lecture, Reading Assignment R04 due
- Thu: Lecture, Reading Assignment R05 due
- Fri: Lab #4 due (extended deadline)
Office hours (in 38-530):
Next week in 6.173:
- Tue: Lecture
- Thu: Quiz 1 in class
- Fri: Lab #5 due
Lab #5 has been posted.
Quiz #1 is open book. We recommend that you bring at least the lecture handouts to the quiz. The quiz will cover material from the lectures, labs and readings. The quiz will be in class, i.e., 2:30p-4p on Thursday, 10/21, in room 36-156.
We've extended the due date for Lab #4 to this Friday.

Week of Oct. 4, 2010

This week in 6.173:
- Tue: Lecture
- Thu: Lecture, Reading Assignment R02 due, Reading R03 (No Assignment)
Office hours (in 38-530):
Next week in 6.173:
- Mon: Lab #4 due
- Tue: Lecture
- Thu: Lecture
Lab #4 has been posted on the Handouts page.

Week of Sep. 27, 2010

This week in 6.173:
- Tue: Lecture
- Thu: Lecture, Reading Assignment R01 due
- Fri: Lab #3 due
Office hours (in 38-530):
Next week in 6.173:
- Tue: Lecture
- Thu: Lecture
- Fri: Lab #4 due
Lab #3 has been posted on the Handouts page.

Week of Sep. 20, 2010

This week in 6.173:
- Tue: Lecture
- Thu: Lecture
- Fri: Lab #2 due
Office hours (in 38-530):
Next week in 6.173:
- Tue: Lecture
- Thu: Lecture
- Fri: Lab #3 due
Lab #3 has been posted on the Handouts page.
Lab #2 has been posted on the Handouts page.

Week of Sep. 13, 2010

This week in 6.173:
- Tue: Lecture
- Thu: Lecture
- Fri: Lab #1 due
Office hours (in 38-530):
Next week in 6.173:
- Tue: Lecture
- Thu: Lecture
- Fri: Lab #2 due
Note: On Friday, 9/11, We updated the student git repository to include an update that you'll need to get the synthesized Beehive to work on the lab server. Please do a git pull at the top-level of your repository clone before tackling Lab #1 Tasks 2 or 4.
Lab #1 has been posted on the Handouts page.

Week of Sep. 7, 2010

This week in 6.173:
- Thu: Lecture
- Fri: email sign-up info (see Lab #1)
Next week in 6.173:
- Tue: Lecture
- Thu: Lecture
- Fri: Lab #1 due
Note: We've updated the student git repository to include an update that you'll need to get the synthesized Beehive to work on the lab server. Please do a git pull at the top-level of your repository clone before tackling Lab #1 Tasks 2 or 4.
Lab #1 has been posted on the Handouts page.
The first meeting of 6.173 will be at lecture on Thursday, September 9, 2010. in Room 36-156.