2024 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 / 7-8 Fri
- Class
- -
- Course Code
- ICT.I216
- Number of credits
- 200
- Course offered
- 2024
- Offered quarter
- 4Q
- Syllabus updated
- Mar 17, 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 | Instruction set, machine language, assembly language | Understand instruction set structure |
| Class 3 | Software design and compiler structure | Understand the relationship of high-level programming language, compiler and assembler program |
| Class 4 | Instruction decode logic design | Understand instruction decode logic design from instruction format |
| Class 5 | Computer hardware architecture and instruction execution cycle | Understand computer hardware architecture and instruction execution phases |
| Class 6 | Datapath control logic design | Understand datapath control logic for implementing data transfers |
| Class 7 | Registers and Memory | Understand registers, memory architecture and their control logic |
| Class 8 | Arithmetic logic unit design | Understand arithmetic logic unit logic design |
| Class 9 | Processor pipeline structure | Understand processor pipeline structure |
| Class 10 | Computer logic design methodology | Understand the overall flow of computer logic 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, 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.