Code: | EIC0083 | Acronym: | AOCO |
Keywords | |
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Classification | Keyword |
OFICIAL | Computer Arquitechture |
Active? | Yes |
Responsible unit: | Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering |
Course/CS Responsible: | Master in Informatics and Computing Engineering |
Acronym | No. of Students | Study Plan | Curricular Years | Credits UCN | Credits ECTS | Contact hours | Total Time |
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MIEIC | 189 | Syllabus since 2009/2010 | 1 | - | 6 | 56 | 162 |
This course introduces the principles of operation and general structure of a modern computer and its general structure, with particular emphasis on the contribution of each subsystem to the overall performance. The analysis of the implementation technology of computers (logic circuits and memory), together with the basic principles of digital information representation, will allow students to identify and describe the principles of computer operation, programming languages and software development.
After completing the course, students will be able to:
M1.Introduction. Computers: application areas of and their characteristics.
M2.Representation of information: binary representation of integers. Elementary arithmetic operations. Codes. IEEE-754 floating-point format.
M3.Combinational logic circuits. Boolean expressions. Elementary logic gates. Logic diagrams. Logic simulator. Standard circuits.
M4.Synchronous circuits: Memory elements, register and counters.
M5.Computers: high-level languages, low-level languages. Conceptual model of program execution. Subsystems: CPU, memory, input/output peripherals.
M6.CPU performance: Basic performance equation, benchmarks,Amdahl's Law.
M7.Instruction set: Instruction types, address modes, encoding.
M8.Basic concepts of assembly programming. Assembler. Subroutines.
M9.Organization of a processing unit. Single-cycle CPU: performance, limitations. Exception handling.
M10.Memory system:Memory hierarchies. Address decoding. Cache memories. Performance.
Teaching methods
The course includes lectures on the subject matter, including, where appropriate, the presentation of examples and their discussion. The practical classes include the presentation, analysis and resolution of a number of problems.
Learning activities outside the classroom:
Designation | Weight (%) |
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Teste | 100,00 |
Total: | 100,00 |
Designation | Time (hours) |
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Estudo autónomo | 66,00 |
Frequência das aulas | 56,00 |
Trabalho laboratorial | 40,00 |
Total: | 162,00 |
Elligibility for exams requires: Participation in, at least, 75% of the scheduled TP classes
The course grade is calculated from:
The final grade is: NFinal = 0.7xT + 0.3xF, where T is the average of the test grades and F is the average of the project quizzes.
Final grades above 18 (after rounding) are awarded only after an oral exam.