Digital Computer Hardware

COURSE DESCRIPTION: This course focuses on the understanding of computer organization, design and programming of a simple digital computer. The study includes the basic building blocks of a computer system including digital logic circuits, data representation, register transfer language and micro-operations .

Readings

Mano, M, Morris, Computer System Architecture Third Edition, Prentice Hall ISBN 0-13-175563-3

LEARNING OUTCOMES

At the conclusion of this course, successful students will be able to:

• 1. Transform a Boolean function from an algebraic expression into a logic diagram composed of AND, OR and inverter gates
• 2. Analyze a Boolean function using map simplification.
• 3. Evaluate the sequence of operations in a sequential circuit of flip-flops and gates.
• 4. Create a state diagram for a sequential circuit.
• 5. Analyze the operations of a decoder.
• 6. Compare and contrast the different coding systems.
• 7. Use register transfer language to describe the micro-operation transfers among registers.
• 8. Analyze the contents of the accumulator, instruction register and program counter after a given set of computer instructions are executed.