GCO2812

Computer organisation ( 6 points, SCA Band 2, 0.125 EFTSL)

Leader: M Murshed and A Driver

Offered:
Gippsland First semester 2006 (Day)
Gippsland First semester 2006 (OCL)
Malaysia First semester 2006 (Day)
OS-HKG-CID First semester 2006 (OCL)
Singapore First semester 2006 (OCL)

Synopsis: Students will learn how computer hardware functions; understand how computer software interfaces with the hardware; and be able to write low-level programs for interfacing with computer hardware. Topics include: Components of a computer system, Processor organisation: registers, buses, multiplexers, decoders, ALUs, clocks, main memory, caches. Microprogramming, Von Neumann architecture, the conventional machine: instruction types and formats, addressing modes, flow of control. Data transfers: DMA, interrupts and programmed I/O. Parallel machine architectures: Programming techniques for low-level operations

Assessment: Assignments: 40% + Examination (3 hours): 60%

Contact Hours: 4 hours per week

Prerequisites: GCO1815 and either GCO1810 or GCO1811

Prohibitions: BUS2120, CFR1130, COT1130, CSE2324, CSE3324, FIT1001