Computer Organization and Architecture

Catalog description

Two hours lecture and three hours lab per week Prerequisite(s): COMP 151 and COMP 162 Extension of basic addressing concepts to more advanced addressability such as base register and self relative addressing. Topics include: comparative computer architecture focusing on such organizations as multiple register processors and stack machines; basics of virtual memory, input/output; introduction to the concept of microprogrammable systems; low-level language translation process associated with assemblers; system functions such as relocatable loading and memory management; application of data structure and hashing techniques to the above.