Architecture and Assembly Language

Be able to select and implement a conventional digital circuit—whether combinational or sequential. Understand how a computer architecture works. Principles of computer architectures (instruction fetch, instruction sequencing, memory access, interrupts).

Introduction: Technological Evolution, the Von Neumann Principle

Instructions: Format, Encoding, Memory Access

Topic: Building Blocks (Combinatorial Elements, Sequential Elements), How Architecture Works, Possible Improvements

Instruction Decoding: Principles of Instruction Decoding, Microprogramming

Interruption Systems: Principles and Consequences, Vectorization

Input/Output Systems: Principles, Interface Circuits