In addition, it takes continual effort to sustain an environment to allow our students and researchers to address hardware as a logical rather than electrical phenomenon. Finally, modern system design places great emphasis on simulation and modeling, requiring a high-capacity scientific computing resource. This description of the hardware systems curriculum is only partially implemented. These courses are based on the pedagogy of Franklin Prosser and David Winkel, and are offered for undergraduate credit. However, they are still under development.
Course presents a structured design philosophy, emphasizing hardwired and microprogrammed control.
Boolean algebra, hardware building blocks, circuit synthesis, microprogramming. In the laboratory students build, study, and debug a working minicomputer from elementary hardware components. Graduate credit possible for PhD Minor only. Lecture and laboratory. It is essential that students in this course gain first-hand experience dealing with physical digital behavior.