Systems and Computer Engineering (SYSC)
Department of Systems and Computer Engineering
Faculty of Engineering
SYSC 3006 [0.5 credit]
Computer Organization
Computer organization: processor, memory, input/output, system bus. Number systems: binary, decimal, hexadecimal. Assembly language programming: representation of data, instruction encoding, execution. Devices: keyboard, programmable timer, parallel interface. Input/output methods: polling, hardware/software interrupts.
Precludes additional credit for
SYSC 2001 and
SYSC 2003. May not be taken for credit by students in Computer Systems Engineering, Communications Engineering, or Software Engineering.
Prerequisites:
SYSC 2002 and
ELEC 2607.
Lectures three hours a week, laboratory two hours a week.