15-213 Introduction to Computer Systems

Frequency Offered: Generally offered every semester (including summer) - confirm course offerings for upcoming semesters by accessing the university Schedule of Classes.

Course Relevance (who should take this course?): Foundation for courses on compilers, networks, operating systems, and computer architecture, where a deeper understanding of systems-level issues is required.

• Machine-level code and its generation by optimizing compilers
• Performance evaluation and optimization
• Computer arithmetic
• Memory organization and management
• Networking technology and protocols
• Supporting concurrent computation

Facility in C, including basic data structures, from 15-122

Sample class notes:
http://www.cs.cmu.edu/~213/lectures/02-bits-ints-part1.pdf

Sample Assignment:
http://www.cs.cmu.edu/afs/cs/academic/class/15213-f16/www/labs/datalab.pdf

• Assignments (7 Labs) - 50%
• Midterm - 20 %
• Final - 30%

Sample Lecture Recording:
https://scs.hosted.panopto.com/Panopto/Pages/Viewer.aspx?id=6ca8cdb4-6961-42d9-8fac-299e53759a17

• Programmer's view of how computer systems execute programs, store information, and communicate.
• How to deal with issues of performance, portability and robustness.
• Improve effectiveness as software developers in improving the quality and performance of programs.

Course Website: https://www.cs.cmu.edu/~213/

• Course Textbook
• AutoLab
• Piazza
• Course Website

• Prerequisites Required: 15-122
• Minimum Grades in Prereqs:
  C in 15-122
• Corequisites: None
• Anti-requisites: 18-600
• Cross-Listed: 18-213, 15-513
• Substitutes: None
• Related Courses: 15-110
• Reservations: None