computer systems

Aims,To facilitate an understanding of computer hardware and systems software and of assembly language programming. Understand the hardware components of a computer and the functions they perform. 2. Understand the overall behaviour of compilers, assemblers, linkers, and interpreters. [login to view URL] some trade-offs between hardware and software that occur in computer system design. [login to view URL] and write assembly language programs for a simple microcomputer. Basic computer organisation: Von Neumann and Harvard architectures. •The internals of a microcomputer using a RISC CPU. •An introduction to interfacing to the analogue world. •A block diagram of a complete CPU. •An introduction to data storage technologies. •Memory types and organization. •Serial and parallel input /output. •Assembly language programming. •An introduction to program timing considerations and interrupts.