Brief Introduction
Explore the fundamental computing technology inside smartphones and the advanced techniques that make them run so fast.Description
We use our smartphones to communicate, to organize our lives, to find information, and to entertain ourselves. All of this is possible because a smartphone contains a powerful computer processor, which is the subject of this course. This computer science course starts by moving step-by-step through the fundamental layers of computing technology, from binary numbers to application software, and then covers advanced performance techniques and the details of actual smartphone processors.
Learn about:
- Digital logic
- Computer organization
- Instruction sets
- Application Software
- Advanced performance techniques
- Actual smartphone processors
This Course also provides students with the technical knowledge and the Jade design tool experience to succeed in the more advanced MITx 6.004 MOOC - Computation Structures course sequence.
Knowledge
- Describe how a smartphone processor works
- Explain computer system design from binary information to programming
- Design a small working computer
- Describe common techniques used to make computers fast
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