Compulsory module (6 LP):

• 2VL+2UE
• LV-Nr. 0401 L 410
• Module owner: Prof. Juurlink

Target audience:

• Computer Science
• Computer Engineering
• Wirtschaftsingenieurwesen (mit Ingenieurswissenschaft Elektrotechnik / IuK)

Course content:

The lecture is based on the book "Computer Organisation and Design: the Hardware/Software Interface" by A.P. Patterson and J.L. Hennessy. The following topics are being taught:

• Computer arithmetics: number formats (binary, octal and hexadeximal representation, fixed- and floating-point numbers, IEEE754), micro-algorithms for arithmetic operations
•  Basics of digital design
•  Structure and operation of a simple arithmetic-logic-unit (ALU)
•  Basic technologies and components of a computer architecture
•  Assembly programming (MIPS): assembly language, control flow, adressing
•  Structure and operation of single- and multi-cycle datapaths (MIPS)
•  Measuring and evaluating performance (SPEC benchmarks, Amdahl's law)
•  Introduction to pipelining: concepts, hazards, forwarding
•  Introduction to caches: structure, multi-way implementations, eviction policies, cache hierarchies

Organisational information can be found on ISIS.
Registration for excercises can be done in Moses.
Registration for final exams is done via QISPOS.

Information about "mündliche Prüfung".