Computer Organization

3 credits · Undergraduate Programs

Organization of a simple stored-program computer: CPU, busses and memory. Instruction sets, machine code, and assembly language. Conventions for assembly language generated by compilers. Floating-point number representation. Hardware organization. Address translation and virtual memory. Input/output devices, computer interfacing, interrupt handling and multi-tasking systems. Prerequisite(s): Electrical Engineering 353 and Computer Engineering 335 or 339 or Software Engineering for Engineers 337.