Research seminar "Computer System Architecture"

2022/2023

Academic Year

ENG

Instruction in English

6

ECTS credits

Delivered at:

Department of Applied Mathematics and Informatics (Faculty of Informatics, Mathematics, and Computer Science (HSE Nizhny Novgorod))

Course type:

Compulsory course

When:

1 year, 4 module

Instructor

Мартынова Елена Михайловна

Course Syllabus

Abstract

This course • Considers the model of computing systems as a hierarchy of interrelated information processing levels • Studies classification of computing systems by the type of architectural solutions and their scope of applications • Gives the knowledge of the main directions of development of computer technology on the state of art examples • Students will learn digital logic level, microarchitecture, instruction set architecture level, introduction to operation systems and assembler • Each IT specialist must study and can apply in his activity the Architecture of Computing Systems course

Learning Objectives

• The goal of this course is to create a conceptual view of computing systems as a hierarchy of interrelated information processing levels.
• Students will learn computing systems of different types, various architectural solution, and application.
• Students will get a global vision of the main directions of development of computer technologies on the example of specific modern samples of it.

Expected Learning Outcomes

• - Levels of Structured Computer Organization model
• - Structure of bus-oriented computer
• - Features of RISC and CISC computer systems
• - Instruction level and processor-level parallelism
• - Gates as a principal building blocks of digital logic level
• - Implementation of Boolean functions in gates
• - Combinational Circuits
• - Arithmetic circuits and ALU
• - Clocks and Memory circuits
• - Memory types and memory chips

Course Contents

• Introduction to Architecture of Computer Systems
• Digital Logic Level
• Microarchitecture
• Instruction Set Architecture Level
• Operating System. Assembler
• Architecture of Parallel Computing Systems. Quantum Computers

Assessment Elements

• Week tests
• Final exam

Interim Assessment

• 2022/2023 4th module
  0.4 * Week tests + 0.6 * Final exam

Bibliography

Recommended Core Bibliography

• Architecture and geometry in the age of the Baroque, Hersey, G. L., 2000
• Hennessy, J. L., & Patterson, D. A. (2003). Computer Architecture : A Quantitative Approach: Vol. 3rd ed. Morgan Kaufmann.
• Hennessy, J. L., Asanović, K., & Patterson, D. A. (2012). Computer Architecture : A Quantitative Approach (Vol. 5th ed). Waltham, MA: Morgan Kaufmann. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edsebk&AN=407995
• Tanenbaum, A. S., Austin, T., & Chandavarkar, B. R. (2013). Structured Computer Organization: International Edition: Vol. 6th ed., International ed. Andrew S. Tanenbaum, Todd Austin ; international ed. contributions by B.R. Pearson.

Recommended Additional Bibliography

• Архитектура ЭВМ и систем. Ч.2: ., Новожилов, О. П., 2018

Authors

• Лабанина Алина Валерьевна
• SAVCHENKO ANDREY VLADIMIROVICH