COMPUTER ARCHITECTURE
Stampa
Enrollment year
2019/2020
Academic year
2021/2022
Regulations
DM270
Academic discipline
ING-INF/05 (DATA PROCESSING SYSTEMS)
Department
DEPARTMENT OF ELECTRICAL,COMPUTER AND BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING
Course
BIOENGINEERING
Curriculum
PERCORSO COMUNE
Year of study
Period
2nd semester (07/03/2022 - 17/06/2022)
ECTS
6
Lesson hours
50 lesson hours
Language
Italian
Activity type
WRITTEN AND ORAL TEST
Teacher
DANESE GIOVANNI (titolare) - 6 ECTS
Prerequisites
The topics of the course presupposes the knowledge of the concepts faced during the "fondamenti di informatica" course.
Learning outcomes
The teaching introduces the architecture of microprocessors and microcomputers, explaining its behavior by the usage of the Assembly Language. The teaching aims to emphasize the relations among the computer architecture, the microelectronics techniques and the base software organization. The practice lessons relate to the Assembly Language and the tuning of simple programs in a dedicated development environment.
Course contents
Computer Architecture Module:
Architecture of a processor
Functional blocks: memory, arithmetic unit, input and output units, control unit. Unit interconnection: bus. Interruption. Hardware e software. Functional blocks flow chart for a processor. Instruction flow and data flow. Information representation, relative numbers, conversion between representations, real numbers. Aritmetic unit, Ripple Carry adder and Carry Look Ahead adder.

Assembly language
Addressing techniques and Assembly instructions. Interrupts management. Assembler, linker-loader, developmente environment and simulator. Examples.
Teaching methods
Lectures (hours/year in lecture theatre): 37.5
Practical class (hours/year in lecture theatre): 12.5
Practicals / Workshops (hours/year in lecture theatre): 0
Reccomended or required readings
Patterson D.A., Hennessy J.L. Computer organization and design. Morgan Kaufmann Publishers, 2021, VI edition.
Assessment methods
The exam of the Computer Architecture module consists of a written test followed by a practical exercise based on assembly programming, validation and debugging.
Further information
Sustainable development goals - Agenda 2030