Summary of the course

This course is an introduction to

computer architecture

and

computer organization

. Computer architecture is

how the programmer sees the machine (as an assembler
programmer) while computer organization refers to how
the machine is organized (in terms of CPU, memory
organizations, I/O devices). We will discuss the
organization from the

combinational and sequential circuit

level to see how registers, memory organization, and

arithmetic and logic circuits are implemented

. We will also

talk about control design, and look at the two principle
examples:

hardwired control and microprogramming

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