ECC203 Computer Architecture and Organization

Overview of computer architecture and organization, performance evaluation, memory hierarchy, storage, input/output, multicores, multiprocessors and clusters.

Prerequisite: ECC001

• to give students a good understanding of the fundamental architecture and organization of the computers

1. Understand the computer architecture and organization principles
2. Understand how the processor operate
3. Understand and write programs in assembly language
4. Understand the memory organization
5. Understand the storage and other input/output topics
6. Understand the Multiprocessors
7. Measure and compare performances of different systems
8. Understand the interaction between hardware and software

The tentative point distribution is as follows.