Course objectives

(a) Understand the organization of a modern computer system and be able to relate them to real examples implemented in commercially successful products;
(b) Understand the internal organization of a computer system through practicing with an assembly language;
(c) Apply concepts and skills to solve real life problems using a low level programming language.

Assessments (tentative)

• Assignments + laboratory: 30%
• Tests: 25%
• Exam: 45%

Assignment submissions

    Assignment, if any, is due at noon on Fridays.
    Late submission: 10% off for every hour late. E.g.,

• lateness <= 60 minutes (less 10%)
• 60 < lateness <= 120 minutes (less 20%)
• and so on

What will happen if you plagiarize?

• You will betray your own integrity, whether it will be found out or not!
• Both giver and receiver subject to the same penalty below
• All the students involved not only will receive 0 marks for this assessment, they will also lose additional, same number of marks from their total assessment marks.
• Moreover, we may report the serious cases to the Departmental Learning and Teaching Committee for further disciplinary actions.