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AUCSC 250 - Computer Organization and Architecture I


Course Career Undergraduate
Units 3
Approved Hours 3-0-1.5
Fee index 6
Faculty Augustana Faculty
Department AU Science
Typically Offered first term

Description
Introduction to computer systems as multilevel machines. Topics include data representation; the organization and execution cycle of Von Neumann machines; assembly-level programming, addressing modes, control flow, procedure calls, input/output, interrupts, caching; finite state machines, Boolean algebra, logic gates, and digital circuits. Prerequisite: AUCSC 112 (2021), or AUCSC 113 and AUSCI 135.