Computer Science 220
Assembly Language & Computer Architecture
Fall 2011, Siena College
Lecture 0x03: Floating Point Representations; vonNeumann Architectures; Introduction to MIPS ISA
Date: Thursday, September 15, 2011
Agenda
- Announcements
- Office hours change: M 3:30-4:30, W 2:30-4:00, F 10:30-11:30.
- Faculty research talks RB 328 during free period on Friday.
Come hear what some of us are working on and think about getting
involved!
- Lecture assignment 0x02 recap
- Lab 1 continues
- due at the start of your lab meeting next week
- C arrays
- char math
- ask for help when you get stuck
- Floating point representations
- vonNeumann architectures
Lecture Assignment 0x03
Due at the start of class, Tuesday, September 20.
Please submit answers to these questions
either as a hard copy (typeset or handwritten are OK) or by email to
jteresco AT siena.edu by the start of class. Please use a clear subject line
when submitting by email (e.g., CS 220 Lecture
Assignment 0x03, Joe Student). We will discuss these
questions at the start of class, so no late submissions are
accepted.
- True or false: 0.1 (base 10) can be represented as a floating
point number within the computer. Justify your answer. (3 points)