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1. Review/Questions
-what makes a computer fast?
-Define Bus and Word size. Why is each important to speed
-When is bus size more important than word size?
– Why does the clock affect the speed of the computer?
-When will a faster clock not lead to a faster computer?
2. Other things to make a computer faster:
-Parallel Computing
-Materials and Super conductivity
-Other.. Spin on a sodium atom = 1 or 0
3. Presentations
4. Rest of class:
-Week 8: 2 dim arrays, Competency test, Computer Sci topics
Kurzweil, MM due, 8 puzzle, Art Intell, Recursion
-Week 9: Group Presentations, Competencies, Computer Science,
Kurzweil, 8 puzzle, Computer and Society, Art. Intel, Review
-Week 10: Content Exam (class and book), 8 puz and MM code fair,
Databases, Course review, Competency Exam
-Evaluations: Monday, June 6?
-Remaining To Dos: Daily assign., Exams, MM, 8puz, Presentations
5. Mastermind questions
-Review 2 given pieces: get all guesses and return code
-Version examples: first guess, random, second good guess….
-Additions: Evaluation comments
6. Competency Exam: 45 minutes:
-When finished, work on Mastermind code
7. Transistors: How they work:
-Purpose: Route electrons
-Sponge transistor
-Diagram of a transistor: how it works
8. The Chinese Room
– The law of accelerating returns?
Price vs Performance? Space? Spinal? Puzzle?
-What is the Chinese Room argument? Issue??
-Is the Turning Machine Test valid? Ray
– Syntax vs Semantics.. Compiler
-Define being Conscious?
9. Seminar: Kurzweil’s responses: Ch 6-8
10. Gates: Not, And, Or
-Build a computer with just these gates
-Diagram each gate
-Representations
11. Building an Adder:
-Binary addition: Same or different? Truth table
– Add using binary addition
– Half, Full, and 4 bit Adder: website
-2 bit decoder (if)
12. Expert Systems
13. Groups, Mastermind, and Competency time
14. To Do list