Introduction to the architecture of computer systems. Topics include: central processing units, memory systems, channels and controllers, peripheral devices, interrupt systems, software versus hardware tradeoffs.

Prerequisites: Computer Science 32 with a grade of C or better; Computer Science 64 with a grade of C or better.

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Units

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Grading

1, 2, 3

Passtime

None

Level Limit

Engineering

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Jonathan Balkind
3.5
24 reviews

Lecture

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11:00 AM - 12:15 PM
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ARTS 1349
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11:00 AM - 11:50 AM
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GIRV 1119
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12:00 PM - 12:50 PM
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13:00 PM - 13:50 PM
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17:00 PM - 18:15 PM
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CS154 . Balkind J M 3 Months Ago

Not a difficult class and his lectures are thorough. You can expect to get a good grade if you put in the work, but at the cost of a professor who is not approachable and does not respect his students

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CS154 . Balkind J M 5 Months Ago

As long as you are on top of your work, the class is not too difficult and the content is understandable. However, the professor gets frustrated easily and is not approachable. He sometimes takes out his frustration on his students and is not easy to deal with.

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CS154 . Balkind J M 5 Months Ago

Although not an extremely difficult class and the content is quite interesting, Professor Balkind does not respect his students and clearly remains stubborn in his ways. He does not help the students and often seems frustrated.

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CS154 . Balkind J M 5 Months Ago

Class was overall super easy. The weekly quizzes were easy and the final was exactly like the quizzes. The labs were okay for the most part. Even if you didn't get full points they would often give you a lot of extra partial. His lectures were not very helpful for the labs or quizzes. They were just boring and unnecessary. He does seem pretty nice.

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CS154 . Balkind J M 6 Months Ago

Doesn't cares about his students. Easily irritated and set off when asking questions.

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CS154 . Balkind J M 6 Months Ago

Professor Balkind is very disrespectful to students. He often seems busy or preoccupied and chooses to take it out on students. My success in this class came despite him, not because of him.

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