ECE 391
Computer Systems Engineering

Credit: 3 hours.


Introduction to the concepts and abstractions central to the development of modern computing systems, with an emphasis on the systems software that controls interaction between devices and other hardware and application programs. Material includes input-output semantics, synchronization, interrupts, multitasking, virtualization of abstractions. Emphasis on learning to operate effectively in teams. Prerequisite: ECE 290 or CS 331. Recommended: ECE 190.