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HarveyMuddX: Computer Architecture

This course in computer architecture will take you from an understanding of digital design using combinational logic and synchronous sequential building blocks to building your own single-cycle multicycle, and pipelined microprocessors.

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About this course

Microprocessors are an incredibly useful tool because they are cheap, flexible, and allow you to control physical systems in powerful ways. In this class, you will learn to build microprocessors as well as to program and build systems from them.

At a glance

Institution:HarveyMuddX
Subject:Engineering
Level:Introductory
Prerequisites:
This courses assumes you have taken ENGR85A or an equivalent course on Digital Design covering combinational and sequential logic design, Verilog, and building blocks such as multiplexers, ALUs, and memories. It assumes you have the lab kit from ENGR85A (Syllabus -> Hardware and Software Requirements).

Language:English
Video Transcript:English
Associated skills:Combinational Logic, Computer Architecture, Digital Design

What you'll learn

By the end of this course, you should be able to:

Write simple programs in C and assembly language
Build embedded systems involving software and hardware
Design single-cycle, multicycle, and pipelined microprocessors

About the instructors

Joshua Brake

Asst. Professor of Engineering • Harvey Mudd College

David Harris

Professor • Harvey Mudd College

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