Course meets MW 3:15 - 4:55pm and Tu 3:15 - 5:45pm in Sci III 315 This course follows the Digital Logic Design course and focuses on the design of the CPU and computer system at the architectural (or functional) level: CPU instruction sets and functional units, data types, control unit design, interrupt handling and DMA, I/O support, memory hierarchy, virtual memory, and buses and bus timing. In contrast, the Digital Logic Design course is primarily concerned with implementation; that is, the combinatorial and sequential circuits which are the building blocks of the functional units. CMPS 223 with a grade of C- or better 5 quarter units This course covers the following ACM/IEEE Body of Knowledge student learning outcomes:

CC-AR4: Memory system organization and architecture
CC-AR5: Interfacing and communication
CC-AR6: Functional organization
CC-AR7: Multiprocessing and alternative architectures

Computer Organization and Design, 5th edition. David A. Patterson and John L. Hennessy. Publisher: Morgan Kaufmann Publishers, 2014. ISBN: 978-0-12-407726-3

You may also use the revised 4th edition: Computer Organization and Design, 4th edition (revised printing). David A. Patterson and John L. Hennessy. Publisher: Morgan Kaufmann Publishers, 2012. ISBN: 978-0-12-374750-1

The direct link to the course on Moodle is https://moodle.cs.csub.edu/moodle/course/view.php?id=85