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COSC2021: COMPUTER ORGANIZATION
Summer 2005

URL: http://www.cs.yorku.ca/course/2021
Department of Computer Science, York University
COSC2021 is a unique course in that it bridges the gap between software (S/W) and hardware (H/W) and exposes the roles played by the operating system (O/S) and the digital logic (D/L) circuits. It relies on a hierarchy of abstractions to present the material in layers, switching roles from "using" to "implementing" at every stage. It follows the journey of instructions from high-level to assembly and machine code, through RAM and caches, to the the CPU's datapath and control. The lecture coverage is augmented by labs that provide hands-on experience in MIPS and Verilog.

Textbook

References

  1. Computer Organization, 4th Edition
    by: V.C. Hamacher, Z.G. Vranesic & S.G. Zaky, McGraw-Hill (1996)
  2. Computer Organization & Architecture, 4th edition
    by: W. Stallings, Prentice Hall (1996)
  3. Structured Computer Organization, 3rd edition,
    by: A.S. Tanenbaum, Prentice Hall (1990)
  4. "MIPS RISC Architecture ,
    by: G. Kane & J. Heinrich, Prentice Hall (1992).

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