COMP2300/COMP6300:
Introduction to Computer Systems
Semester 1 2015
[Schedule] [rPeANUt]
[Practicals] [Reading]
[Assignments]
[Assessment]
Welcome to Introduction to Computer Systems! Please use the quick
menus on the side to navigate through the web pages for this subject.
General Information
The computer lies at the heart of computing. Without it most of the
computing disciplines today would be a branch of theoretical
mathematics. To be a professional in any field of computing today, one
should not regard the computer as just a black box that executes
programs by magic. All students of computing should acquire some
understanding and appreciation of a computer system's functional
components, their characteristics, their performance, and their
interactions. There are practical implications as well. Students need
to understand computer architecture in order to structure a program so
that it runs more efficiently on a real machine. In selecting a system
to use, they should to able to understand the tradeoff among various
components, such as CPU clock speed vs. memory size.