Scheda insegnamento (lingua inglese)

Scheda insegnamento (lingua inglese)

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Title

Architettura dei calcolatori
Computer Architecture

Degree

Corso di Laurea in Ingegneria Elettronica
First Level Degree in Electrical Engineering

Year

Teaching Period

Credits

Teacher: Pier Luca Montessoro

Academic year: 2009/2010

Objectives:

This module gives a detailed description of the fundamental elements of the computer architectures, how they work and how information (even multimedia information) is encoded and processed

Requirements:

none

Acquired skills:

Understanding of terms, concepts and problems in computer architectures and information encoding
Understanding parameters, performances, size and streaming bit rate of multimedia information
Writing simple C programs to handle audio and bitmap files
Understanding of computer behaviour at different abstraction levels
Understanding low-level programming and writing simple procedures for SimCPU
Understanding operating systems fundamentals

Lectures and exercises		hours
Topics	Specific contents
Information encoding	Texts and numbers; fixed images and movies, sound; error detection and correction; data compression	16
Computer architecture	The SimCPU didactic model of a RISC architecture; machine language and programming; assembly language and programming; CISC and RISC architectures; cache memory, interrupt and DMA; a brief introduction to parallel processing	12
Introduction to operating systems	Processes and processors allocation; main memory allocation; mass memory and file system; physical I/O	8
Spreadsheets	Advanced concepts on spreadsheets for technical and scientific applications	4
Total hours for lectures and exercises		40
for exercises only
Further educational activities		hours
Labs		8
Tutorials / Seminars
Workshops
Guided tours

Total hours for further educational activities		8
Total hours		48

Type of exam: Written and oral

References:

G. Bucci, "Architettura e organizzazione dei calcolatori elettronici", McGraw-Hill, 2009
P. Tosoratti, “Introduzione all’Informatica”, seconda edizione, Casa Editrice Ambrosiana, Milano 1998
A. S. Tanenbaum, "I moderni sistemi operativi", Prentice Hall International - Jackson Libri

Additional material or information on line http:// www.montessoro.it

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