FI:PB151 Computer Systems - Course Information

PB151 Computer Systems

Faculty of Informatics
Autumn 2009

Extent and Intensity

3/0. 3 credit(s) (plus extra credits for completion). Type of Completion: zk (examination).

Teacher(s)

doc. Ing. Michal Brandejs, CSc. (lecturer)

Guaranteed by

Timetable

Thu 12:00–14:50 D2, Thu 12:00–14:50 D1, Thu 12:00–14:50 D3

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 26 fields of study the course is directly associated with, display

Course objectives

At the end of the course student should be able to understand and explain a general technical principles about computer systems operation.

Syllabus

Terms, history, computer generations, categories.
Numeral systems, differences between systems, integer, arithmetics.
Codes, internal, external, ECC.
Electronic circuits, memories: parameters, architecture.
Processor, programming, microprogramming.
Processor architecture, memory addresses, operational modes, register structures.
Architectures: RISC/CISC, cache memories.
IEEE 754.
I/O devices and its connections.

Literature