COSC 284 - Computer Architecture and Organization

3 Credits

Prerequisite(s): COSC 113. The course covers the basics of modern computer organization and architecture with the emphasis is on understanding the interaction between computer hardware and software at various levels. Students will learn data representation concepts, computer arithmetic, essential digital logic circuits, assembly language, register transfer notation, and topics on memory systems and organization, while introducing concepts on pipelining, parallel and multiprocessing architecture, and similar computing models. (Formerly COSC 254 and COSC 354)