Computer Organization II

1.00 credits · Undergraduate

A continuation of <a href="/content/ryerson/calendar/2026-2027/courses/cyber-science/CYS/213.html" class="qTipCourse" data-url="/content/ryerson/calendar/2026-2027/courses/cyber-science/CYS/213/jcr:content/resCalendarCourseEmbed.json">CYS 213</a>. Memory; CPU architecture and instruction set; the instruction processing sequence; generic assembler level programming illustrated for specific CPUs; I/O essentials including interrupts and DMA; characteristics of major peripherals interfaces; RISC and CISC architectures compared; parallel processing. The laboratory requires using a specific assembler/editor for the creation of programs illustrating some of the principles discussed in lectures.