Introduction to Computer Architecture

Description

The course Includes the organization and architecture of computer systems hardware; instruction set architectures; addressing modes; register transfer notation; processor design and computer arithmetic; memory systems; hardware implementations of virtual memory, and input/output control and devices This course exposes the student to computer design & organization. It aims for the student to understand the software/hardware interface, instructions, processor, modules & performance issues.

Program

Information Systems Program

Objectives

• 1. Present the various digital components used in the organization and design of digital computers.
  2. Explain the detailed steps that a designer must go through in order to design an elementary basic computer.
  3. Introduce the organization and architecture of the main units of a digital computer.
  4. Experiment with assembly language programming for a hypothetical machine