- Docente: Ivan Lanese
- Credits: 6
- SSD: INF/01
- Language: Italian
- Teaching Mode: Traditional lectures
- Campus: Bologna
- Corso: First cycle degree programme (L) in Computer Science (cod. 8009)
Learning outcomes
At the end of the course, the student knows the basic architecture of a computer, combinatorial and sequential networks, and the correspondence between assembly and high-level languages. The student is able to design simple combinational and sequential circuits and write assembly code.
Course contents
Organisation of computer systems. Binary systems. Elements of Boolean algebra, Logic Gates, Combinational circuits, Sequential circuits. Memory, CPU and Bus. The ISA level and assembly programming. The operating systems. Mapping from high-level programming languages to lower architectual levels.
Readings/Bibliography
No specific book is required. Updated teaching material is available through the InsegnamentiOnLine website.
For further information we suggest: Andrew S. Tanenbaum - Todd Austin. Structured Computer Organization 6th edition. Pearson. 2013.
Teaching methods
The course is composed by 4 credits of lessons and 2 credits of laboratory. The laboratory part will be done by students using their own computers, alone or in small groups.
Assessment methods
The exam consists of a written test and a design project consisting of the (virtual) realization of a processor and its assembly language. The project includes different deadlines, both during the course and after its end. The written test is worth from 0 to 27 points, the project from 0 to 6 points. The final mark is given by the sum of the mark of the written test and of the project.
Teaching tools
The teaching material is available on the website insegnamentiOnLine. At the beginning of the course a preliminary version of the teaching material is available, it may be slightly refined as far as the different topics are presented.
Office hours
See the website of Ivan Lanese