Marcella ANSELMO | COMPUTER ARCHITECTURE

cod. 0512100002

COMPUTER ARCHITECTURE

	0512100002
	DIPARTIMENTO DI INFORMATICA
	EQF6
	COMPUTER SCIENCE
	2019/2020

PERCORSO COMUNE

	OBBLIGATORIO
	YEAR OF COURSE 1
	YEAR OF DIDACTIC SYSTEM 2017
	PRIMO SEMESTRE

TEACHING UNITS

SSD	CFU	HOURS	ACTIVITY	TYPE OF ACTIVITY
INF/01	7	56	LESSONS	BASIC COMPULSORY SUBJECTS
INF/01	2	16	LAB	BASIC COMPULSORY SUBJECTS

PROFESSORS

	MARCELLA ANSELMO T Curriculum
	GIUSEPPE GUARINO Curriculum

	Objectives
	KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING WITHIN THE FRAMEWORK OF THE VON NEUMANN MODEL, THE STUDENT WILL ACQUIRE THE KNOWLEDGE OF THE IMPLEMENTATION METHODOLOGY OF THE BASIC ASSEMBLER INSTRUCTION SET, BY ANALYSING THE HARDWARE STRUCTURE OF THE CENTRAL PROCESSING UNIT AND OF ADDRESSABLE MEMORY DEVICES. WITH THE STUDY OF THE ARITHMETIC LOGICAL UNIT, THE STUDENT WILL GET THE BASIC CONCEPTS FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF BOOLEAN FUNCTIONS REALISED BY COMBINATORIAL LOGICAL NETWORKS. THE STUDY OF THE IMPLEMENTATION WILL BE COMPLETED BY LEARNING THE BASICS OF HOW TO MEASURE AND IMPROVE HARDWARE PERFORMANCE. APPLYING KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING THE STUDENT WILL ACQUIRE THE FOLLOWING APPLICATION CAPABILITIES: •EXECUTING AND UNDERSTANDING THE TRANSLATION PROCESS FROM THE BASIC CONSTRUCTS OF THE C LANGUAGE, CHOSEN AS EXAMPLE OF THE PROCEDURAL LANGUAGES AT THE USER LEVEL, TO THE ASSEMBLER INSTRUCTIONS OF A RISC ARCHITECTURE; •ANALYSING COMBINATORIAL LOGICAL NETWORKS AND BOOLEAN FUNCTIONS REALIZED BY THEM; •CONVERTING INTEGERS AND FRACTIONS FROM DECIMAL TO BINARY AND FROM BINARY TO DECIMAL; •EVALUATING HARDWARE PERFORMANCES.

KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING
WITHIN THE FRAMEWORK OF THE VON NEUMANN MODEL, THE STUDENT WILL ACQUIRE THE KNOWLEDGE OF THE IMPLEMENTATION METHODOLOGY OF THE BASIC ASSEMBLER INSTRUCTION SET, BY ANALYSING THE HARDWARE STRUCTURE OF THE CENTRAL PROCESSING UNIT AND OF ADDRESSABLE MEMORY DEVICES.
WITH THE STUDY OF THE ARITHMETIC LOGICAL UNIT, THE STUDENT WILL GET THE BASIC CONCEPTS FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF BOOLEAN FUNCTIONS REALISED BY COMBINATORIAL LOGICAL NETWORKS.
THE STUDY OF THE IMPLEMENTATION WILL BE COMPLETED BY LEARNING THE BASICS OF HOW TO MEASURE AND IMPROVE HARDWARE PERFORMANCE.

APPLYING KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING
THE STUDENT WILL ACQUIRE THE FOLLOWING APPLICATION CAPABILITIES:
•EXECUTING AND UNDERSTANDING THE TRANSLATION PROCESS FROM THE BASIC CONSTRUCTS OF THE C LANGUAGE, CHOSEN AS EXAMPLE OF THE PROCEDURAL LANGUAGES AT THE USER LEVEL, TO THE ASSEMBLER INSTRUCTIONS OF A RISC ARCHITECTURE;
•ANALYSING COMBINATORIAL LOGICAL NETWORKS AND BOOLEAN FUNCTIONS REALIZED BY THEM;
•CONVERTING INTEGERS AND FRACTIONS FROM DECIMAL TO BINARY AND FROM BINARY TO DECIMAL;
•EVALUATING HARDWARE PERFORMANCES.

	Prerequisites
	THE STUDENT IS NOT REQUIRED TO HAVE ANY PARTICULAR KNOWLEDGE IN COMPUTER SCIENCE. A GOOD KNOWLEDGE OF PERSONAL COMPUTERS AS A USER COULD BE USEFUL. AN (EVEN APPROXIMATE) KNOWLEDGE OF PROGRAMMING COULD BE USEFUL FOR A BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF THE ASSEMBLER PROGRAMMING.

	Contents
	1.COMPUTER ARCHITECTURE: 1 CFU 2.INFORMATION REPRESENTATION: 1 CFU 3.DIGITAL LOGIC: 1 CFU 4.ASSEMBLER OF A RISC PROCESSOR: 2 CFUS 5.SINGLE CYCLE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE PROCESSOR: 1 CFU 6.PERFORMANCE EVALUATION, PERFORMANCE IMPROVEMENT BY PIPELINE: 2 CFUS 7.MEMORY HIERARCHIES: 1 CFU

	Teaching Methods
	THE COURSE CONSISTS OF LECTURES FOR 7CFUS AND TUTORIAL LESSONS FOR 2 CFUS.

	Verification of learning
	WRITTEN TEST AND ORAL EXAMINATION. STUDENTS WILL BE GIVEN THE CHANCE TO PASS TWO MIDTERMS INSTEAD OF THE WRITTEN TEST. THE WRITTEN TEST AND THE MIDTERMS ARE USED TO EVALUATE THE ABILITY OF THE STUDENT TO PUT IN PRACTICE THE DEVELOPED TOPICS THROUGH THE RESOLUTION OF EXERCISES ON INFORMATION REPRESENTATION, ASSEMBLY PROGRAMMING AND DESIGN OF COMPLEX LOGICAL CIRCUITS. ORAL EXAMINATION IS USED TO EVALUATE THE GENERAL KNOWLEDGE OF THE STUDENT WITH RESPECT TO THE ENTIRE COURSE PROGRAM.

Verification of learning

WRITTEN TEST AND ORAL EXAMINATION.
STUDENTS WILL BE GIVEN THE CHANCE TO PASS TWO MIDTERMS INSTEAD OF THE WRITTEN TEST.
THE WRITTEN TEST AND THE MIDTERMS ARE USED TO EVALUATE THE ABILITY OF THE STUDENT TO PUT IN PRACTICE THE DEVELOPED TOPICS THROUGH THE RESOLUTION OF EXERCISES ON INFORMATION REPRESENTATION, ASSEMBLY PROGRAMMING AND DESIGN OF COMPLEX LOGICAL CIRCUITS.
ORAL EXAMINATION IS USED TO EVALUATE THE GENERAL KNOWLEDGE OF THE STUDENT WITH RESPECT TO THE ENTIRE COURSE PROGRAM.

	Texts
	TEXTBOOKS ARE: •DAVID PATTERSON - JOHN HENNESSY, "STRUTTURA, ORGANIZZAZIONE E PROGETTO DEI CALCOLATORI", FOURTH EDITION, ZANICHELLI. •FRANCO PREPARATA, “INTRODUZIONE ALLA ORGANIZZAZIONE E ALLA PROGETTAZIONE DI UN ELABORATORE ELETTRONICO", FRANCO ANGELI. THE FIRST TEXTBOOK CAN BE SUBSTITUTED BY ITS PREVIOUS EDITION: DAVID PATTERSON - JOHN HENNESSY, "STRUTTURA, ORGANIZZAZIONE E PROGETTO DEI CALCOLATORI", THIRD EDITION, ZANICHELLI.

Texts

TEXTBOOKS ARE:
•DAVID PATTERSON - JOHN HENNESSY, "STRUTTURA, ORGANIZZAZIONE E PROGETTO DEI CALCOLATORI", FOURTH EDITION, ZANICHELLI.
•FRANCO PREPARATA, “INTRODUZIONE ALLA ORGANIZZAZIONE E ALLA PROGETTAZIONE DI UN ELABORATORE ELETTRONICO", FRANCO ANGELI.
THE FIRST TEXTBOOK CAN BE SUBSTITUTED BY ITS PREVIOUS EDITION:
DAVID PATTERSON - JOHN HENNESSY, "STRUTTURA, ORGANIZZAZIONE E PROGETTO DEI CALCOLATORI", THIRD EDITION, ZANICHELLI.

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Marcella ANSELMO | COMPUTER ARCHITECTURE