The digital world is innovative and exciting. A seamless interface between data entities, high bandwidth communication networks and high-performance computer systems are now commonplace. The knowledge and skill to design advanced digital systems, use sophisticated programming techniques, and deploy such systems are key attributes of the modern day computer engineer. This course enables you to gain skills appropriate to the design of both sophisticated embedded microprocessor systems and modern computer architectures. In microprocessor design you study topics such as real world interfacing using digital signal processing algorithms and techniques and intelligent control strategies employing neural network and fuzzy logic technology. In computer architecture you will study areas such as cache coherent systems, multilevel memory structures, super scalar architectures and media processors. These studies are underpinned by work on software specification, design and verification.

In your first year you will learn about digital fundamentals, computing concepts and the problem-solving tools that you will need as the course progresses. In your second year you will study 'embedded' real-time microprocessor systems, programmable logic devices and power control. In your final year the focus is on understanding more about the specialist technologies that are at the heart of today's advanced communication systems i.e. mobile communication concepts and computer networks, the design of high-speed analogue and digital electronics, radio frequency circuits, microprocessor topics, fuzzy logic and neural networks and digital signal processing. .