CS2214 - Computer Architecture & Design

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CS2214 - Computer Architecture & Design

Description:
A top-down approach to computer design. Computer architecture: introduction to assembly language programming and machine language set design. Computer organization: logical modules; CPU, memory and I/O units. Instruction cycles, the datapath and control unit. Hardwiring and microprogramming. The memory subsystem and timing. I/O interface, interrupts, programming I/O and DMA. Introduction to pipelining and memory hierarchies. Fundamentals of computer networks.

Prerequisites:

CS2204 (C- or better for undergraduate computer engineering majors) or CS2134 (C- or better)

MA2312/2322