本課程主要在於介紹基本的計算機組織概念，並且使學生能夠瞭解電腦各個單元運作的過程。課程中將會介紹電腦指令、計算單元、資料及控制程序、管線、記憶體架構、多處理器等。

Computer architecture and organization has been updated throughout to address the most important trends facing computer designers in modern times. This course is aimed at teaching the fundamentals of the computer architecture and organization. The course contents include lectures and projects. The lecture part will teach students how to design a processor from the hardware and software view. They have illustrated the principles with designs from all three of these domains, including examples from consumer electronics, multimedia and web technologies, and high performance computing. Computer Abstractions and Technology Instructions: Language of the Computer Arithmetic for Computers Assessing and Understanding Performance The Processor Enhancing Performance with Pipelining Large and Fast: Exploiting Memory Hierarchy Storage, Networks and Other Peripherals Multiprocessors and Clusters

書名 Computer Organization and Design: The Hardware/Software Interface Revised Printing, 4/E
出版社 Morgan Kaufmann
作者 David A. Patterson and John L. Hennessy
出版年 2008