Organization and Architecture

Organization and Architecture

Hardware and software structures found in modern digital computers. Basic concepts: Simple digi- tal logic building blocks - logi gates, flip-flops counters, registers; logic expressions, simple adders, structure of a simple arithmetic - logic unit (ALU); storage systems and technology; memory hierarchy; main memory organization and operations input/output control methods; interrupts; bus systems - control, Direct Memory Access (DMA); Instruction pipelining. Fall Prerequisites: COSC 1408 Lab: COSC 34L5 2 hours