| Course: | Computer Architecture |
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| Module numbers: | 30.7222 [PVL 30.7223] |
| Language: | english |
| Study programme: | Bachelor 2021 - 2. Semester
Bachelor dual KITS 2021 - 2. Semester
Bachelor dual KoSI 2021 - 2. Semester
Bachelor KMI 2021 - 2. Semester |
| Type of course: | V+P = Lecture+Practical |
| Weekly hours: | 3+1 |
| Credit Points: | 5 |
| Exam: | written exam |
| Registering for exam | explicitly and independent of booking |
| PVL (e.g. Practical): | not graded (ungraded practical exercises) |
| Frequency of offering: | each semester (not yet offered) |
| Required knowledge: | Basic knowledge in technical principles of computer science |
| Learning objectives: | The students
- know the basic principles of organization and architecture for the construction of computer systems.
- can assess the boundary conditions and limitations of current computer systems
- are able to understand a machine language, apply it in a system-oriented manner and convert high-level language constructs into machine language.
- understand the interaction of different hardware and software concepts.
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| Content: | - Introduction to the history of computers
- Computer arithmetic
- Computer organization: hardware operations, hardware operands, representation of commands, control structures
- Processor: data path, control path, microprogramming, pipelines Hardware Architectures: Von Neumann, Harvard
- Instruction set architectures using ARM processors as an example
- Concepts: Subprograms, Stacks, Indirect Addressing, Calling Standards, Implementation of high-level language programing in in assembler
- Memory organization and memory hierarchies: caches
- Superskalar architectures
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| Literature: | - Patterson, David A., Henessy, John L.; Computer Architecture, A Quantitative Approach, Morgan Kaufmann, 2017.
- Tanenbaum, Andrew, S.; Structured Computer Organization, 6th Edition, 2013.
- Furber, Steve; ARM System-on-Chip Architecture, Addison-Wesley, 2000.
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| Lecture style / Teaching aids: | Seminaristic lecture with seminar and laboratory. Resources include lecture notes, example programs and software tools. |
| Responsibility: | Thomas Horsch |
| Released: | WS 2022/2023 |