This is an undergrad course, "200 level" in the standard course numbering (which MIT does not follow). It's for people who know how to program, but relatively new to the field. It's mostly going to be getting people used to assembly and basic computational building blocks.
You might be interested in the new class: 6.812 Hardware Architecture for Deep Learning.
You might be interested in the new class: 6.812 Hardware Architecture for Deep Learning.