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| COMP 283: Computer Architecture and Assembler |
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Welcome to the COMP 283: Computer Architecture and Assember unit webpage. Here you can find
links to the unit on the Turing computer at UNE, and links
to the work I have completed or am completing towards a pass in this unit.
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| The Aim of the Unit |
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The aim of this unit is to introduce all the aspects of computer architecture from basic digital
circuit to the structures of a complete computer system. To this end, we will study the boundary
between the hardware and the software. We will try to answer the following questions. What is the
most efficient way of using a given computer? What is the best computer for a given software task?
The former question will be answered by looking at the hardware/software interface from the
software point of view, whereas the latter question will be answered by looking at the interface
from the hardware point of view. Our main tool will be a `yardstick' to measure the performances
of a computer. The principles of low-level programming are taught up to and including the use of
subroutines and recursion.
Topics include: Logic design, Computer instructions and assembler, Arithmetic for computers,
Central Processing Unit, Pipelining, Memory hierarchy, and Input-Output.
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| Dates |
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No dates for this unit are confirmed yet.
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