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CSCI 263 --- Winter 2025
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This course covers basic computer arithmetic, architectures, and instruction sets; in-depth study of the central 
processing unit, memory and input/output organization; and microprogramming and interfacing. 



Professor
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* Dr. James Hughes
* jhughes at stfx.ca
* Annex 20B
* `YouTube <https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCIruexBZJaawh_9WF_vjTPg>`_



GitHub Repo
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* The course content is available on `GitHub <https://github.com/jameshughes89/cs2XX-ComputerArchitecture>`_
* Feel free to submit issues, fork the repo, and submit pull requests

   * Follow the guidelines


* In other words, feel free to make contributions to the course content

   * In fact, I encourage this



Class Times
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* Tue 9:30 -- 10:20 (L1), MULH 4024
* Thr 8:30 -- 9:20 (L2), MULH 4024
* Fri 10:30 -- 11:20 (L3), MULH 4024



Labs
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* Lab Sec 20: Wed 14:30 -- 16:20 (B8-C9), MULH 4024



Office Hours
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`Office Hours Etiquette --- Don't Do This. <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lOTyUfOHgas>`_

* Tue 12:30 -- 13:20, Annex 20B
* Wed 12:30 -- 13:20, Annex 20B
* Thu 13:30 -- 14:20, Annex 20B
* Fri 13:30 -- 14:20, Annex 20B



.. toctree::
    :caption: Course Notes
    :maxdepth: 1
    :numbered:

    topics/introduction/introduction
    topics/numbers/number-bases
    topics/logic/boolean-logic
    topics/transistors-gates/transistors
    topics/transistors-gates/gates
    topics/logic/combinational-logic
    topics/memory/memory
    topics/memory/latches-flipflops
    topics/memory/registers-ram
    topics/layout/bus
    topics/arithmetic/adder
    topics/numbers/twos-complement
    topics/alu/esap-alu
    topics/memory/esap-ram
    topics/output/seven-segment-displays
    topics/output/output-register
    topics/program-counter/program-counter
    topics/control-logic/instructions-microcodes
    topics/control-logic/control-logic
    topics/programming/programming-machine-code
    topics/conditions/conditions
    topics/conditions/conditional-jump
    topics/programming/assembly
    topics/programming/programming-assembly



.. toctree::
    :caption: Labs
    :maxdepth: 1
    :numbered:

    labs/digital/digital
    labs/gates/basic-gates
    labs/logic/combinational-logic
    labs/logic/sequential-logic
    labs/arithmetic-logic/arithmetic-logic
    labs/comparisons/comparisons
    labs/decoding-instructions/decoding-instructions
    labs/decoding-instructions/decoding-instructions-registers
    labs/system-design/enhancing-designs
    labs/programming/programming



.. toctree::
    :caption: Assignments
    :maxdepth: 1
    :numbered:

    assignments/assignment-1/assignment-1
    assignments/assignment-2/assignment-2
    assignments/assignment-3/assignment-3
    assignments/assignment-4/assignment-4



.. toctree::
    :caption: Getting Started
    :maxdepth: 1

    getting-set/getting-set




.. toctree::
    :caption: Outline
    :maxdepth: 1

    outline/outline