FI:PB150 Computer-Systems Architectures - Course Information

PB150 Computer-Systems Architectures

Extent and Intensity

2/0. 2 credit(s) (plus extra credits for completion). Recommended Type of Completion: k (colloquium). Other types of completion: z (credit).

Teacher(s)

doc. Dr. Ing. Otto Fučík (lecturer), doc. Ing. Jan Staudek, CSc. (deputy)

Guaranteed by

prof. RNDr. Václav Matyáš, M.Sc., Ph.D.
Department of Computer Systems and Communications – Faculty of Informatics
Contact Person: doc. Ing. Jan Staudek, CSc.

Timetable

Tue 18:00–19:50 D2

Course Enrolment Limitations

The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.

fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with

there are 27 fields of study the course is directly associated with, display

Course objectives

Students should gain the knowledge of the digital logic, number systems, computer organization and architectures.

Syllabus

• Digital Logic
• Number Systems
• Computer Organization: Instruction Set Architecture, Addressing Modes, Interrupt, Subroutine Call, Direct Memory Access, Memory Hierarchy, Cache, Virtual Memory, Memory Technologies, Pipelining, RISC, CISC, Superscalar Architecture, VLIW
• Peripheral Devices
• Embedded Systems.

Literature

• PATTERSON, D. A. Computer Architecture: A Quantitative Approach. 2nd ed. UK: Morgan Kaufmann Publisher, Inc., 1995, 760 pp. ISBN 1558603298. info

Assessment methods

written tests

Language of instruction

Czech

Further Comments

The course is taught annually.

Listed among pre-requisites of other courses

• PB151 Computer Systems
  ! NOW(PB150)  

Teacher's information

http://www.fit.vutbr.cz/~fucik/

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