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CSci 135 - Computer Architecture I

Meltzer and Staff

Credits: 3

Broad introduction to all aspects of computer systems architecture. Number representation, computer arithmetic, digital logic and circuit design. Computer organization, micro-architecture and processor datapath, assembly and machine language programming. Introduction to memory organization and the hardware-software interface. Implementation of high level language constructs in a machine language, and impact of architecture on program performance. Prerequisite: CSci 133, Corequisite: CSci 143. (Fall)