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13S112AR - Computer Architecture

Course specification
Course title Computer Architecture
Acronym 13S112AR
Study programme Software Engineering
Module
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 2
The goal Introduce concepts of CISC and RISC architectures, interrupts and structure of buses and input/output systems.
The outcome By the end of this course, students will be able to: understand structure and functioning of a CISC and RISC types of processors, buses, and input/output systems; and to use literature with the aim to deepen their knowledge in these fields.
Contents
URL to the subject page https://rti.etf.bg.ac.rs/rti/ef2ar/index.html
URL to lectures https://teams.microsoft.com/l/team/19%3anmZWNjKltUJ0Vv3M12C-I2IqUW998H_06UCVHmDGVh01%40thread.tacv2/conversations?groupId=2996ddaf-0362-4ba2-8a7f-9d42c83bd030&tenantId=1774ef2e-9c62-478a-8d3a-fd2a495547ba
Contents of lectures Architecture. CISC and RISC. Programming model. Data types. Instruction formats. Addressing modes. Instruction set. Interrupt. Bus. Arbitration. Buses with atomic and split transaction cycles. Multiple buses. Input/output. Devices and device controllers. Programming. Interrupts handling - polling and vectorising.
Contents of exercises Architecture. CISC and RISC. Programming model. Data types. Instruction formats. Addressing modes. Instruction set. Interrupt. Bus. Arbitration. Buses with atomic and split transaction cycles. Multiple buses. Input/output. Devices and device controllers. Programming. Interrupts handling - polling and vectorising.
Literature
  1. J. Đorđević, Computer architecture, http://rti.etf.bg.ac.rs/
  2. J. Đorđević et al., Computer architecture, Collection of problems, http://rti.etf.bg.ac.rs/
  3. William Stallings - Computer Organization and Architecture, Global Edition 11th Edition, 2021
  4. A. Tanenbaum, T. Austin, Structured Computer Organization, Prentice Hall, 2013
  5. J. Đorđević, Computer architecture, Tutorial for labs, http://rti.etf.bg.ac.rs/
Number of hours per week during the semester/trimester/year
Lectures Exercises OTC Study and Research Other classes
2 2 1
Methods of teaching Lectures, exercises and laboratory exercises.
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
Colloquia 50
Seminars 0