Computer and network architecture
General data
| Course ID: | 1000-212bAKS |
| Erasmus code / ISCED: |
11.301
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| Course title: | Computer and network architecture |
| Name in Polish: | Architektura komputerów i sieci |
| Organizational unit: | Faculty of Mathematics, Informatics, and Mechanics |
| Course groups: | |
| ECTS credit allocation (and other scores): |
(not available)
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| Language: | Polish |
| Type of course: | obligatory courses |
| Requirements: | Introductory programming 1000-211bWPI |
| Short description: |
The lecture is on architecture, organization and working principles of contemporary computers and computer networks. |
| Full description: |
* Principles of digital circuits ** Binary signal ** Basic logical gates: AND, OR, NOT, NAND, NOR, EX-OR, EX-NOR ** Auxiliary digital circuits: transmission gate, tristate gate ** Combinatorial circuits ** Examples of combinatorial circuits: adder, multiplexer, demultiplexer ** Sequential circuits ** Examples of sequential circuits: RS flip-flop, D flip-flop ** Technology limitations: fan-in, fan-out, delay time, noise margin, dependency of power consumption on switching frequency ** Moore's Law ** Electrostatic Sensitive Devices * Computer architecture ** von Neumann's model ** Harvard and Princeton architecture ** Multiprocessor and multicore architectures ** Data coding: integers, fractions, strings ** Byte order * Microprocessor ** Registers ** Instruction list ** Addressing modes ** Instruction cycle, machine cycle, clock cycle ** Pipelining ** Parallel execution: superscalar and vector architecture, VLIW ** CISC vs. RISC ** Protection levels ** Interrupts, exceptions ** Segmentation, paging ** Input-output handling ** DMA * Memory ** Hierarchical memory ** Semiconductor non-volatile memory: ROM, PROM, EPROM, EEPROM, FLASH ** Semiconductor RAM: static SRAM, dynamic DRAM, asynchronous, synchronous (SDRAM, DDR-RAM) ** Cache memory ** Magnetic disk ** Optical disk ** Magneto-optical disk (MOD) ** RAID ** SAN (Storage Area Network) * Buses and interfaces (dependent on remaining time) ** System buses: PCI, PCI Express ** Disk interfaces: SCSI, iSCSI, Serial SCSI, ATA, SATA ** Serial: USB, FireWire, iLink, IEEE-1394, Fibre Channel, DVI, HDMI * Architecture examples ** CISC: e.g. x86, IA-32, x86-64, IA-64 ** RISC: e.g. PowerPC, Cray X1E ** Specialized processors: GPU, DSP, microcontroller * Computer networks ** Layer model - theory and practice - physical layer ** Bit coding ** Physical media characteristic: multi-mode and single-mode waveguide, coaxial cable, twisted pair |
| Bibliography: |
* W. Stallings, Computer Organization and Architecture * D.A. Patterson, J.L. Hennessy, Computer Organization and Design |
| Learning outcomes: |
(in Polish) Wiedza 1. Ma podstawową wiedzę na temat architektury współczesnych systemów (logika układów cyfrowych i reprezentacja danych, architektura procesora, wejście-wyjście, pamięć, architektury wieloprocesorowe) (K_W06). Umiejętności 1. Rozumie niskopoziomowe zasady wykonywania programów (K_U08). 2. Potrafi wyjaśnić, na czym polega zarządzanie pamięcią, co to jest hierarchia pamięci, co to jest pamięć wirtualna (K_U12). 3. Posługuje się przyjętymi formatami reprezentacji różnego rodzaju danych (liczby, tablice, struktury, tekst), pamiętając o ich ograniczeniach, np. związanych z arytmetyką komputera. |
| Assessment methods and assessment criteria: |
(in Polish) Egzamin pisemny składający się z kilkunastu otwartych pytań lub małych zadań. Każde pytanie lub zadanie jest oceniane w skali od 1 do 5 punktów. Łącznie do zdobycia jest 30 punktów. |
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