ECE 115 - Computer Organization

Prerequisite: ECE 85; CSCI 40 or ECE 71
Structural organization, hardware architecture and design of digital computer systems; binary representation of data; CPU, memory and I/O organization; register transfer, micro-operations and microprogramming; hardware/software design trade-offs. Introduction to RISC architecture and memory organization.

Units: 3

Course Typically Offered: Spring