OE3AOR - Computer Architecture and Organization
Course specification | ||||
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Course title | Computer Architecture and Organization | |||
Acronym | OE3AOR | |||
Study programme | Electrical Engineering and Computing | |||
Module | Electronics | |||
Type of study | bachelor academic studies | |||
Lecturer (for classes) | ||||
Lecturer/Associate (for practice) | ||||
Lecturer/Associate (for OTC) | ||||
ESPB | 6.0 | Status | mandatory | |
Condition | Fundamentals of Computer Engineering | |||
The goal | Introduce concepts of computer structure, and elements of processor architecture and organization, and structure of buses, input/output systems, and memory system. | |||
The outcome | By the end of this course, students will be able to understand: computer structure; elements of computer architecture and organization, structure of buses, input/output system, and memory system. | |||
Contents | ||||
Contents of lectures | Computer structure. Architecture. Programming model. Data types. Instruction formats. Addressing modes. Instruction set. Interrupt. Organization. Operation unit – direct interconnections and internal buses. Control unit – hardwired/microprogrammed realizations. Bus. Arbitration. Cycles. Input/output. Devices and device controllers. Programming. Virtual memory. Cache memory. | |||
Contents of exercises | Computer structure. Architecture. Programming model. Data types. Instruction formats. Addressing modes. Instruction set. Interrupt. Organization. Operation unit – direct interconnections and internal buses. Control unit – hardwired/microprogrammed realizations. Bus. Arbitration. Cycles. Input/output. Devices and device controllers. Programming. Virtual memory. Cache memory. | |||
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Number of hours per week during the semester/trimester/year | ||||
Lectures | Exercises | OTC | Study and Research | Other classes |
3 | 2 | 1 | ||
Methods of teaching | Lectures, exercises, laboratory exercises and project. | |||
Knowledge score (maximum points 100) | ||||
Pre obligations | Points | Final exam | Points | |
Activites during lectures | 0 | Test paper | 30 | |
Practical lessons | 20 | Oral examination | 0 | |
Projects | 20 | |||
Colloquia | 30 | |||
Seminars | 0 |