Course Description

This course provides the student with an in-depth study of the organization of the central processing unit, arithmetic logic unit, control unit, instruction formats, and addressing schemes of digital computers. Extensive emphasis is placed on the translation of assembly language instructions into their microsequence operations within the control unit and the interconnection and control of registers, arithmetic logic units, memory units, and busses which form the central processing unit and the digital computer.

Prerequisite: CMSC 3100 Assembly Language Programming.

Revised: Spring, 2012