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Week1 Architecture - Lecture outline & Assignments. Dr. John Abraham UTPA. General Info. Welcome Class introduction First lesson will be the same for 6300 and 6303 General Intro to System concept. General instruction to the students. Class participation is crucial
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Week1Architecture - Lecture outline & Assignments Dr. John Abraham UTPA
General Info • Welcome • Class introduction • First lesson will be the same for 6300 and 6303 • General Intro to System concept
General instruction to the students • Class participation is crucial • Strict attendance policy. Come to class on time. • Write notes under each heading
In class assignment • Write an outline about your understanding of a computer system. • Discuss with each other • Derive a definition
System • Input • Process • Output
Computer System • Hardware • Programmers understand hardware in terms of the instruction sets • Software • Operating system • Application programs • Programming languages
Instruction sets • Taken from Ch 10 of Stallings
Describe your understanding of how a computer carries out instructions from a program.
In class assignment • Develop 10 review questions for this lesson
Homework assignment • Write an assembly language program using the debug utility of the operating system • Demonstrate this in class next week.