Computer Organization and Programming

Catalog description

(Formerly I ECE 233.) A foundation in C programming, assembly language programming, and computer organization. The analysis, design, implementation, testing, and debugging of C and assembly language programs. Tracing how instructions are executed on CPU architectures, as well as the performance trade-offs and hazards with different architecture designs. The compiling of a higher-level C program into binary machine-language instructions and executing those instructions on an underlying hardware. Low-level programming is covered from both a C and assembly language perspective, including topics such as: representation of primitive and composite data types, arrays, strings, procedures, structures, pointers, static/stack/heap memory, bitwise operations, and text and binary file processing. This is a programming intensive course with a lab component. Only one of I CSI 333 or I ECE 233 or I ECE 332 may be taken for credit. Prerequisite(s): I ECE 231 and a grade of C or better in I ECE/I CSI 213. Course fee applies. Consult the Schedule of Classes.