CP2005:03
Computer Architecture
Townsville, Cairns
HECS Band 2
39 hours lectures, 26 hours tutorials. Semester 1.
Development of computer architecture; computer organisation; central processing units; memory organisation; interconnects; I/O and peripheral devices; computer performance and cost; assembly coding; exemplars.
Learning Objectives:
- understand the overall architecture and organisation of contemporary computers;
- understand the functions and operation of the key components of contemporary computers;
- understand the connections and relationships between the key components of contemporary computers;
- be able to make judgements regarding performance and cost of alternative computer architectures.
Assessment in this subject involves significant on-course assessment including assignments and tests and an examination at the end of the semester. The full details of the assessment are handed out to students in the class in the first week of the semester in which the subject is offered and posted on the Web.