Engineering Computation

AY2015/2016 Semester 2

This course aims at developing students? understanding of the CPU of a computer, how it functions and how to program a computer in order to solve problems. Students are introduced to the hardware architecture of the CPU, the timing of different types of signals that control the functioning of the CPU. They are taught how to program a CPU using assembly language that resembles very closely the codes that are executed by the CPU. They learn how to connect different peripheral devices so that the CPU can interact with the external world. Different types of memories and how to interface them are also introduced. Further, this course also aims to develop students? understanding of the fundamental concepts, implementations and applications associated with data structures in computing such as arrays, stacks, queues and linked lists and to use such data structures to solve real world problems. Abstract data types and dynamic memory allocation will also be covered.