Electrical & Computer Engin 331 - Hardware Organizn & Design I

An introduction to computer architecture and hardware design. Topics include: computer abstractions and technology, performance evaluation, instruction set architectures, computer arithmetic, pipelining, memory systems, and interfacing. Laboratory assignments will include the use of hardware description languages, machine languages and assembly languages, and hardware emulation using FPGA boards. State-of-the-art computer simulation tools are used as part of the course.

Open to ENGIN, EE and CS ENG majors. Pre Req: E&C-ENG 221 w/C Prerequisites: ECE 221 (Digital Systems) with a grade of "C" or better or its equivalent