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ECE355 - Microprocessor-Based Systems

Description

Processor organization: general-purpose and application-specific processors, datapath and control implementation, pipelining concepts. Memory organization: static and dynamic semiconductor memory, optical and magnetic memory, memory hierarchy and caches. I/O organization: physical and logic interfaces, interrupts and interrupt services routines, direct memory access (DMA), device drivers. Buses and protocols: bus signalling and arbitration, examples of modern buses, communications protocol concepts. Computer networking: network topologies, protocol stack, examples of modern networks.

Units

1.5

Hours: lecture-lab-tutorial

3-1.5-0

Formerly

CENG 355

Note(s)

  • Credit will be granted for only one of ECE 355, CENG 355.

Prerequisites

  • Complete all of the following
    • Complete 1 of:
    • Complete 1 of:
      • ECE255 - Introduction to Computer Architecture (1.5)
      • CENG255 - Introduction to Computer Architecture (1.5)
      • CSC230 - Introduction to Computer Architecture (1.5)

Course offered by

Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering

Course schedules

Summer timetable available: February 15. Fall and Spring timetables available: May 15.

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