CSCI E-61 Systems Programming and Machine Organization

This course covers the fundamentals of computer systems programming, machine organization, and performance tuning. It provides a solid background in systems programming and a deep understanding of low-level machine organization and design. The course centers on C/C++ programming, with some assembly language. Topics include (but may not be limited to) program optimization, memory hierarchy, caching, virtual memory, dynamic memory management, concurrency, threads, and networking.