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. Credit is not given for both ECE 391 and CS 241. Prerequisite: ECE 290 or CS 231. Recommended: ECE 190.