Course Topics

Introduction to Computer Systems Engineering
- Overview of computer systems and their components
- Binary representation and number systems
Digital Logic Design
- Boolean algebra and logic gates
- Combinational logic circuits
- Sequential logic circuits
- Design and analysis of logic circuits
Computer Organization
- Von Neumann architecture
- Central processing unit (CPU) and memory hierarchy
- Input/output (I/O) systems
- Interrupts and exceptions
Assembly Language Programming
- Introduction to assembly language
- Instruction set architecture (ISA)
- Addressing modes and data representation
- Assembly language programming techniques
Computer Arithmetic
- Fixed-point and floating-point representations
- Arithmetic operations and algorithms
- Error analysis and numerical stability
Memory Systems
- Cache organization and memory hierarchy
- Virtual memory and address translation
- Memory management techniques
Input/Output Systems
- I/O devices and interfaces
- Device controllers and interrupts
- I/O programming and data transfer techniques
Performance Evaluation
- Metrics for evaluating computer system performance
- Performance analysis and benchmarking techniques
- Introduction to pipelining and parallel processing

Computer Systems Engineering