Review of the important concepts in computer architecture, hardware implementation, operating systems, microprocessor, network architecture that are needed to carry out the tasks of the course project. Design of Instruction set architecture, design of data path and control, introduction to the design of special purpose architectures and embedded systems, simulation and performance analysis of a chosen case study, implementation and testing of the case study using hardware description language, hardware implementation and verification of the case study using CAD tools. The course may also include some operating system modules and/or network architecture components.