58424 - Computer Architectures

Academic Year 2009/2010

  • Docente: Davide Maltoni
  • Credits: 12
  • SSD: ING-INF/05
  • Language: Italian
  • Teaching Mode: Traditional lectures
  • Campus: Cesena
  • Corso: First cycle degree programme (L) in Computer Science and Information Technology (cod. 8013)

Learning outcomes

Providing the student with the concepts necessary for understanding computer architecturs and assembly programming

Course contents

  • Introduction and history of computers
  • Information coding
  • Architecture of a computer and its peripherals
  • The ISA level and the assembly language
  • Boole's algebra
  • The level of digital logic
  • Examples of real computer architecturs
  • Parallel architectures

Readings/Bibliography

ARCHITETTURA DEI COMPUTER

di Andrew Tanenbaum

5 Edizione (2006)

Pearson Italia

Teaching methods

Lectures

Tutorials

Laboratory

Assessment methods

2 test + home work

Teaching tools

Teacher's slides

Links to further information

http://bias.csr.unibo.it/maltoni/arc/

Office hours

See the website of Davide Maltoni