CSC 243 - Computer Architecture/Assembler

Credit Hours: 3
Prerequisite: CSC 133. In this project-oriented course, we will build a modern computer system, from the ground up. Topics may include, but not limited to, Digital Logic and Digital System (combinational and sequential circuit, FPGA, Verilog/VHDL, physical constraint, ALU design, and others); Assembly Level Machine Organization (instruction set design, CPU design, processor microarchitecture and pipelining, etc.); Memory System Organization and Architecture (the concept of virtual machine, compiler, device memory map and others); Interfacing and Communication (I/O fundamentals, interrupt structures, buses, etc.); and Multiprocessing and Alternative Architectures (Power law, SIMD, MIMD, interconnection networks, and others). Spring