Academic Year/course:
2017/18
30215 - Computer architecture and organisation 2
Syllabus Information
Academic Year:
2017/18
Subject:
30215 - Computer architecture and organisation 2
Faculty / School:
110 - Escuela de Ingeniería y Arquitectura
326 - Escuela Universitaria Politécnica de Teruel
Degree:
439 - Bachelor's Degree in Informatics Engineering
443 - Bachelor's Degree in Informatics Engineering
ECTS:
6.0
Year:
2
Semester:
Second semester
Subject Type:
Compulsory
Module:
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5.1. Methodological overview
The student will learn the basic elements of a computer and how they relate to the computer perfomance, by means of case study (problem solving, lab sessions and assigments
5.2. Learning tasks
- Regular classes and lectures (2 h per week)
- Problem solving sessions (1 h per week)
- Lab sessions (1 h per week in average)
- Self assesment tasks, assigments and course projects (a bout 85 h)
- Assesment tasks (5 h)
5.3. Syllabus
Design of a complex digital system
- Introduction to performance analysis
- Processor organization: Monocycle and Multicycle non-pipelined machines. Exceptions and processor's modes. Pipelining.
- Memory system: memory types, principle of locality, memory hierarchy, cache memories and main memory organization.
- Buses and I/O devices
5.4. Course planning and calendar
The course's schedule abides by the academic calendar of the University of Zargoza and EINA