Class Number: 1627
Treatment of the hierarchical design of modern digital computers: boolean logic/algebra; truth tables; combinational and sequential circuits; state systems; register machines; instruction sets; memory organization; assembly language programming. Lectures cover the theoretical aspects of system architecture; labs provide implementation experience via a hardware simulator. Concurrent enrollment in this and two other CMSC lab courses requires permission of the instructor. ; Prerequisite(s): CMSC 106, 107, 151 or 206, and CMSC/Math 231 (or instructor consent); Enrollment Limit: 40; Lottery Preference(s): Three spaces reserved for incoming freshmen, then:; 1) Senior CS majors; 2) Junior CS majors; 3) Sophomores and first-year students; 4) Senior CS minors; 5) Junior CS minors; 6) Others Natural Science, Quantitative, C: Physical and Natural Processes (; Hav: NA, QU, C)