Module code: ECS404U

Teaching Staff: Edmund Robinson

Credits: 15.0
Semester: SEM1
Timetable:

Lecture
• Semester 1: Thursday 9 am - 11 am

Lab
• Semester 1: Thursday 12 pm - 2 pm
• Semester 1: Thursday 2 pm - 4 pm
• Semester 1: Thursday 4 pm - 6 pm

Contact: Prof Edmund Robinson
Overlap: None
Prerequisite: None

This module provides you with a basic understanding of how a computer works and how programs are executed by the CPU at the machine level. As an introduction to computer architecture and systems software, this module presents the concepts needed to understand typical computers at the level of their ';machine-code'; instruction set. It covers Boolean algebra rules and terminology as well as logic gates. The module also examines the use of bits, bytes and data formats to represent integers, text and programs as well as looking at the conventional von Neumann computer architecture (CPU, registers, memory). Assembly language programming and system software are introduced.

Connected course(s): UDF DATA
Assessment: 65.0% Examination, 35.0% Coursework
Level: 4