PB150 Computer-Systems Architectures

Faculty of Informatics
Autumn 2010
Extent and Intensity
2/0. 2 credit(s) (plus extra credits for completion). Recommended Type of Completion: k (colloquium). Other types of completion: zk (examination), 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 A107
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 28 fields of study the course is directly associated with, display
Course objectives
At the end of the course students should be able to:
understand and explain digital logic basics
use computer number systems
understand and explain computer organization on machine language level
understand and explain multiprocessor architectures and other alternative ones.
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
Teaching methods
lectures
Assessment methods
written tests
Language of instruction
Czech
Further Comments
Study Materials
The course is taught annually.
Listed among pre-requisites of other courses
Teacher's information
http://www.fit.vutbr.cz/~fucik/
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2002, Autumn 2003, Autumn 2004, Autumn 2005, Autumn 2006, Autumn 2007, Autumn 2008, Autumn 2009, Autumn 2011, Autumn 2012, Autumn 2013, Autumn 2014, Autumn 2015, Autumn 2016, Autumn 2017, Autumn 2018, Autumn 2019, Autumn 2020, Autumn 2021, Autumn 2022, Autumn 2023, Autumn 2024.
  • Enrolment Statistics (Autumn 2010, recent)
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