COURSE INFORMATION Course Title: COMPUTER ORGANIZATION

Code	Course Type	Regular Semester	Theory	Practice	Lab	Credits	ECTS
CEN 385	B	3	3	0	2	4	5

Academic staff member responsible for the design of the course syllabus (name, surname, academic title/scientific degree, email address and signature)	NA
Lecturer (name, surname, academic title/scientific degree, email address and signature) and Office Hours:	Florenc Skuka
Second Lecturer(s) (name, surname, academic title/scientific degree, email address and signature) and Office Hours:	NA
Teaching Assistant(s) and Office Hours:	NA
Language:	English
Compulsory/Elective:	Compulsory
Classroom and Meeting Time:	Thursday, 09:45 - 15-30
Course Description:	Understanding of the inner-workings of modern computer systems and tradeoffs present at the hardware-software interface: Instruction set design and addressing modes, register transfer, internal CPU bus structure, ALU (microprogramming and hardwired control), computer arithmetic, memory system, input-output system and survey of real computers and microprocessors.
Course Objectives:	The main objective of the course is to introduce students to the computer organisation from hardware and programming . This course teaches students fundamental knowledge in computer architecture and microarchitecture. The course covers the basic organizations of computer systems including instruction-set architecture, execution pipeline, memory hierarchy, and I/O subsystem. It also addresses advanced processor microarchitecture issues such as dynamic instruction scheduling, branch prediction, lock-up free caches, instruction-level parallelism, multiple instruction fetch/issuing, speculative execution, etc. to improve computer processor performance. Shared-memory multiprocessor systems with coherent caches to reduce memory access latency are also covered. Finally, it outlines the verification issues of today's microprocessors.

COURSE OUTLINE

Week	Topics
1	Introduction: Digital computer generation, computer types and classifications, functional units and their interconnections, buses, bus architecture,The Digital Abstraction
2	Number Systems and Number Representations, the basic operations in ALU
3	Combinational Logic Design
4	Combinational Logic Design in detail and Principles of Sequential Logic Design
5	Hardware Description Languages
6	Digital Building Blocks, Arithmetic Circuits, Memory and Logic Arrays
7	Computer Architecture, Assembly Language, Machine Language programming, Addressing Modes
8	Midterm Exam.
9	Microarchitecture and Performance Evaluation, introduction to Pipelining
10	Memory and I/O Systems, Memory System Performance Analysis, Virtual Memory
11	Input / Output: Peripheral devices, I/O interface, I/O ports, Interrupts: interrupt hardware, types of interrupts and exceptions.
12	Modes of Data Transfer: Programmed I/O, interrupt initiated I/O and Direct Memory Access., I/O channels and processors. Serial Communication: Synchronous & asynchronous communication, standard communication interfaces.
13	Pipelining: Basic and Intermediate Concepts. Instruction-Level Parallelism and Its Exploitation
14	Modern Multicore Architecture, Multiprocessors and Thread-Level Parallelism

Prerequisite(s):	Introduction in Computer Engineering programming knowledge is required.
Textbook:	The Essentials of Computer Organization and Architecture, 3. Edition, 2011, Linda Null and Julia Lobur, Jones and Bartlett Publishers.
Other References:	1. Patterson, Computer Organisation and Design, Elsevier Pub. 2009 2. Vravice,Hamacher & Zaky, “Computer Organization”, TMH 3. Mano,” Computer System Architecture”, PHI 4. John P Hays, “ Computer Organization”, McGraw Hill 5. Tannenbaum,” Structured Computer Organization’, PHI 6. P Pal chaudhry, ‘ Computer Organization & Design’, PHI
Laboratory Work:
Computer Usage:	Yes
Others:	No

COURSE LEARNING OUTCOMES

1	Knowledge of digital computer generation, computer types and classifications, functional units and their interconnections, buses, bus architecture, types of buses and bus arbitration. Register, bus and memory transfer.
2	Knowledge on Central Processing Unit: Addition and subtraction of signed numbers, look ahead carry adders. Multiplication: Signed operand multiplication, Booths algorithm and array multiplier. Division and logic operations. Floating point arithmetic operation Processor organization, general register organization, stack organization and addressing modes.
3	Ability to understand low level Assembler language prporamming
4	Knowledge on Control Unit: Instruction types, formats, instruction cycles and subcycles ( fetch and execute etc) , micro-operations, execution of a complete instruction. Hardware and microprogrammed control: microprogramme sequencing, wide branch addressing, microinstruction with next address field, pre-fetching microinstructions, concept of horizontal and vertical microprogramming.
5	Knowledge on Memory: Basic concept and hierarchy, semiconductor RAM memories, memory organization. ROM memories. Cache memories: concept and design issues, performance, address mapping and replacement) Auxiliary memories: magnetic disk, magnetic tape. Virtual memory: concept implementation.
6	Knowledge about Input / Output: Peripheral devices, I/O interface, I/O ports, Interrupts: interrupt hardware, types of interrupts and exceptions. Modes of Data Transfer: Programme I/O, interrupt initiated I/O and Direct Memory Access., I/O channels and processors.
7	Knowledge about Communication protocols: Serial Communication: Synchronous & asynchronous communication, standard communication interfaces.
8	Knowledge about Pipelining: Basic and Intermediate Concepts. Instruction-Level Parallelism and its Exploitation.
9	Knowledge about modern multicore architecture, Multiprocessors and Thread-Level Parallelism
10	to understand performance Evaluation Issues

COURSE CONTRIBUTION TO... PROGRAM COMPETENCIES (Blank : no contribution, 1: least contribution ... 5: highest contribution)

No	Program Competencies	Cont.
Bachelor in Business Informatics (3 years) Program
1	Identify activities, tasks, and skills in management, marketing, accounting, finance, and economics.	4
2	Apply key theories to practical problems within the global business context.	5
3	Demonstrate ethical, social, and legal responsibilities in organizations.	4
4	Develop an open minded-attitude through continuous learning and team-work.	5
5	Integrate different skills and approaches to be used in decision making and data management.	5
6	Combine computer skills with managerial skills, in the analysis of large amounts of data.	5
7	Provide solutions to complex information technology problems.	5
8	Recognize, analyze, and suggest various types of information-communication systems/services that are encountered in everyday life and in the business world.	5

COURSE EVALUATION METHOD

Method	Quantity	Percentage
Midterm Exam(s)	1	40
Quiz	1	10
Final Exam	1	50
	Total Percent:	100%

ECTS (ALLOCATED BASED ON STUDENT WORKLOAD)

Activities	Quantity	Duration(Hours)	Total Workload(Hours)
Course Duration (Including the exam week: 16x Total course hours)	16	3	48
Hours for off-the-classroom study (Pre-study, practice)	16	2	32
Mid-terms	1	10	10
Assignments	1	10	10
Final examination	1	15	15
Other	1	10	10
Total Work Load:			125
Total Work Load/25(h):			5
ECTS Credit of the Course:			5