COEN 311
Computer Organization and Software
Fall 2018
Topics
- Computer organization
- Computer arithmetic
- Memory systems
- Processing units
- Machine instructions
- Assembly programming
- Input/output organization
- Motorola 68000
Readings
- S. Tahar, Computer Organization and Software, course pack ISBN 978-1-77079-350-7.
- Hamacher, Vranesic and Zaky, Computer Organization, 6th ed., McGraw-Hill, ISBN 0-07-338065-2.
- Panos E. Livadas and Christopher Ward, Computer Organization and the MC68000, Prentice Hall, 1993.
- David A. Patterson and John L. Hennessy, Computer Organization and Design: The Hardware/Software Interface, Morgan Kaufmann.
- William Stallings, Computer Architecture and Design: Designing for Performance, Prentice Hall.
Sources
- Course catalogue ↗2026–2027
- Syllabus or course outline ↗Fall 2018
- The two course texts are explicitly labelled recommended/optional; the remaining titles are other references.