Hardwired and microprogrammed control units. Virtual, sequential and cache memories. Input-output systems, communication and bus control. Multiple CPU systems.

Design and understanding of the computer system as a whole unit. Performance Evaluation and its role in computer system design; Instruction Set Architecture design, Datapath design and optimizations ...

The fundamental computer architecture in which the computer ... which is copied into a control unit circuit. The control unit executes the instructions sequentially until a go-to or jump ...