Architecture and assembler

Know how to choose and implement a conventional combinational and/or sequential digital circuit. Understand how a computer architecture works. Principles of computer architectures (instruction fetching, instruction sequencing, memory access, interrupts).

Introduction: Technological Evolution, Von Neumann Principle

Instructions: Format, Encoding, Memory Access

Processing unit: Building blocks (Combinational elements, Sequential elements), Architecture operation, Possible improvements

Instruction decoding: Principle of instruction decoding, Microprogramming

Interrupt systems: Principle and consequences, Vectorization

Input/Output Systems: Principle, Interface Circuits