Digital Logic and Computer Architecture

3 credit hours · Undergraduate

Computer organization and design are introduced in general, with emphasis on the lower-level abstraction of a computer system. Topics include fundamental concepts in data representation, digital logic, CPU design, and instruction set architecture. Students explore assembly language programming for a particular processor family as a case study of a microprocessor architecture: programming model, addressing modes, instruction set and formats. Classes 3 hrs. and recitation 1.5 hrs. per week.