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California State University Stanislaus

CS 2700: Assembly Language and Computer Architecture

Spring 2024

M W F 11:00 - 11:50 pm, DBH 114

Instructor: Dr. Megan Thomas

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Welcome to CS 2700, an introduction to computer hardware in detail, and to the details of the software that directly interacts with the hardware.

Course Description

Machine-level data representation and operation, assembly language programming, basic digital logic, CPU datapath and control unit, memory organization, instruction set architecture, instruction formats, addressing modes, subroutine linkage, macros, I/O, and interrupts.

Prerequisite: Passing grade in CS 2500 or an equivalent course.

Announcements and Upcoming Events:

29 Jan 2024	On the topic of standards development, which we discussed in class today, one of your classmates suggested we look at: RFC 1149, a not-entirely-serious Internet Protocol standards proposal. On another topic from today, there is a Warriors Giving Back Blood Drive planned on Feb 13.
26 Jan 2024	Welcome to CS 2700!

Homeworks:

• "The Status of Moore's Law: It's Complicated" (IEEE Spectrum, 28 Oct 2013)
• Computational Fairy Tales - CS concepts re-told as fairy tales