Instructor Class Description

Time Schedule:

• Spring Quarter 2013
• Summer Quarter 2013
• Autumn Quarter 2013

Aruna Ambalavanan
CSS 422
Bothell Campus

Hardware and Computer Organization

An introduction to the architecture, operation, and organization of a modern computing machine. Topics covered include basic logic operations, state-machines, register models, memory organization, peripherals, and system issues. Assembly language taught in order to understand the instruction set architecture and memory model of the computer. Prerequisite: CSS 342; may not be repeated.

Class description

This course is designed to give an introduction to the architecture, operation, and organization of a modern computing machine. Topics covered include basic logic operations,state-machines,Data path & control, register models, memory organization, peripherals, and system issues. Assembly language is taught in order to understand the instruction set architecture

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General method of instruction

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Class assignments and grading

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