2022 Faculty Courses School of Engineering Undergraduate major in Information and Communications Engineering

Computer Logic Design (ICT)

Academic unit or major: Undergraduate major in Information and Communications Engineering
Instructor(s): Tsuyoshi Isshiki / Yoshihiro Watanabe
Class Format: Lecture (Face-to-face)
Media-enhanced courses: -
Day of week/Period (Classrooms): 7-8 Tue (S422) / 7-8 Fri (S422)
Class: -
Course Code: ICT.I216
Number of credits: 200
Course offered: 2022
Offered quarter: 4Q
Syllabus updated: Jul 10, 2025
Language: Japanese

Syllabus

Course overview and goals

This class covers the basic design methodologies for software components (instruction-set, assembly language) and hardware components (memory, register, arithmetic circuits, bus) of computer systems.

Course description and aims

Obtain basic understanding of computer architecture on software/hardware components.
Obtain skills for assembly language programming.
Obtain skills for modeling hardware behaviors with register transfer descriptions.
Obtain skills for designing computer logic circuits.

Keywords

Computer, logic circuit, software, hardware, assembly language, register transfer description, instruction execution control

Competencies

Specialist skills
Intercultural skills
Communication skills
Critical thinking skills
Practical and/or problem-solving skills

Class flow

Software components (instruction set, assembly language) and hardware components (logic circuit, register transfer description) will be described in each lecture.

Course schedule/Objectives

	Course schedule	Objectives
Class 1	Introduction to computer architecture : software (instruction set, assembly language) and hardware components (memory, register, arithmetic logic, bus)	Understand the overall computer architecture
Class 2	Data formats and arithmetic logic : binary data, 2's complement, add/subtract logic circuits	Understand computation mechanisms on logic circuit
Class 3	Instruction set : instruction format, memory addressing, assembly language, machine language	Understand instruction set structure
Class 4	Assembly language programming 1 : add/subtract, arithmetic/logic shifts, multiplications	Understand assembly programming
Class 5	Assembly language programming 2 : loop control, indirect addressing, subroutine
Class 6	Instruction execution control : instruction fetch, instruction execution cycles	Understand instruction execution flow
Class 7	IO devices and interrupts, interrupt cycles	Understand interrupt mechanism for handling IO devices
Class 8	Register design	Understand register design and control logic design
Class 9	Bus design	Understand data transfer between memory and registers via shared bus
Class 10	Arithmetic logic unit design	Understand arithmetic logic circuit design
Class 11	Basics of hardware description language	Understand hardware description language, logic circuit design and logic simulation
Class 12	Combinational logic	Understand descriptions of combinational logic
Class 13	Sequential logic	Understand descriptions of sequential logic
Class 14	Sequential and Combinational logic	Understand descriptions of sequential and combinational logic

Study advice (preparation and review)

To enhance effective learning, students are encouraged to spend approximately 100 minutes preparing for class and another 100 minutes reviewing class content afterwards (including assignments) for each class.
They should do so by referring to textbooks and other course material.

Textbook(s)

Will be distributed via T2SCHOLA

Reference books, course materials, etc.

Computer Architecture, M.Morris Mano, Kagakugijutsu Shuppan, 1999
Computer Architecture, D.A. Patterson, J.L. Hennesy, Nikkei BP, 2014

Evaluation methods and criteria

Grades based on final examination and in-class exercises on computer architecture, assembly programming, register transfer description, arithmetic logic design and hardware description language.

Related courses

ICT.I211 ： Theory and Design of Logic Circuits
ICT.E304 ： Experiments of Inforamtion and Communications Engineering III
ICT.I308 ： Computer Architecture (ICT)
ICT.I415 ： VLSI System Design
ICT.I317 ： Embedded Systems

Prerequisites

Basic knowledge on logic circuit design is required.