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 ~~NOTOC~~
 Computer Organization
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-====== Learning Outcomes =====
+===== Learning Outcomes =====
 By the end of the course, students should be able to:
-  - Understand how to represent integer and floating point numbers in binary,
+  - Translate high-level code to assembly language and machine code,
-  - Evaluate computer performance and compare between different architectures,
+  - Represent data in machine readable form and describe how it is stored and manipulated in a CPU,
-  - Implement a simple CPU using a Hardware Description Language,
+  - Synthesize hardware of increasing complexity from logic gates to a simple CPU using a Hardware Description Language,
-  - Understand pipelining and its role in performance improvement,
+  - Evaluate computer performance and compare performance on different architectures and designs
-  - Translate a high level program code to assembly language.
+  - Describe and critique I/O and parallel hardware
 ===== Instructor & Office Hours =====
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 ===== TA Office Hour ======
-  * TA office hour: starting on Jan. 14, every Wed. from 3:30-5pm at LAS 2013
+  * TA office hour: starting on Jan. 14, every Thursday. from 16:30-18:00 at Room 114 of Farquharson Building
   * TA in charge for office hours
   - Mingfei Wang