Official NUC CCMAS syllabus
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Start studying CPE 401 free →A basic microprocessor system: the CPU, memory, I/O, and buses subsystems, basic operation of a microprocessor system: fetch and execute cycle, the architecture of some typical 8-bit, 16-bit microprocessors (INTEL, MOTOROLA) and their features; programming model in real mode: registers, memory, addressing modes; organisation of the interrupt system, interrupt vectors, and external interrupts, implementation of single and multiple interrupts in real mode; programming model in protected mode: registers, memory management and address translation, descriptor and page tables, system control instructions, multitasking and memory protection, addressing modes, and interrupt system; memory interfacing and address decoding; I/O interfacing: memory mapped i/o, isolated i/o, bus timing, i/o instructions; peripheral devices interfacing: 8255 PPI/6821 PIA, 8251 USART/6821 UART, DMA, Timer/Counter chips, etc; instruction set; assembly language Programming of INTEL and MOTOROLA microprocessors; and discussion of a typical system e.g. IBM PC, Apple Macintosh.
Source: the Nigerian Universities Commission (NUC) Core Curriculum and Minimum Academic Standards (CCMAS). StudyOps loads this syllabus automatically when you study CPE 401.