Computer Systems-Assembly Prog

Catalog description

This course introduces the basic design of computing systems: CPU, memory, instruction processing and interrupts, and input and output. In addition, it provides an introduction to assembly language and the compilation process through experience in assembly language programming. During the course, the student will see system calls and interrupt-driven programming emphasizing the interaction with the operating system. Other topics include machine representation of integers, characters, floating point numbers, and virtual memory. Overview of modern architectures and parallelism, including the general-purpose use of the Graphics Programming Unit (GPU).