Module CS2100-KP04, CS2100SJ14

Duration

1 Semester

Turnus of offer

each summer semester

Credit points

4

Course of studies, specific fields and terms:

• Bachelor Media Informatics 2020, optional subject, computer science
• Bachelor Computer Science 2019, compulsory, foundations of computer science
• Bachelor Robotics and Autonomous Systems 2020 , optional subject, computer science
• Bachelor Medical Informatics 2019, optional subject, computer science
• Bachelor Computer Science 2016, compulsory, foundations of computer science
• Bachelor Robotics and Autonomous Systems 2016, optional suject, computer science
• Bachelor IT-Security 2016, compulsory, computer science
• Bachelor Medical Informatics 2014, optional subject, computer science
• Bachelor Computer Science 2014, compulsory, foundations of computer science

Classes and lectures:

• Computer Architecture (exercise, 1 SWS)
• Computer Architecture (lecture, 2 SWS)

Workload:

• 15 hours exam preparation
• 60 hours private studies
• 45 hours in-classroom work

Contents of teaching:

• Basic terms and concepts
• Processor architectures
• Computer components
• Parallel computer architectures
• Multiprocessors, multicomputer
• Vector processors, array processors
• Performance evaluation

Qualification-goals/Competencies:

• The students are able to elucidate the microarchitecture of modern processors and the corresponding methods for performance enhancement (caches, pipelining, VLIW, multi/manycore, virtualization etc.).
• They are able to explain important computer components (busses, storage hierachies, I/O-units).
• They are able to discuss and compare the most important parallel computer architectures (multiprocessors, multicomputers, vector computers, array computers etc.).
• They are able to judge and make use of methods for performance evaluation (benchmarks, monitoring, queuing models etc.).

Grading through:

• Written or oral exam as announced by the examiner

Requires:

• Fundamentals of Computer Engineering 1 (CS1200-KP06, CS1200SJ14)

Responsible for this module:

• Prof. Dr.-Ing. Mladen Berekovic

Teacher:

• Institute of Computer Engineering
• Prof. Dr.-Ing. Mladen Berekovic

Literature:

• J.L. Hennessy, D.A. Patterson : Computer Architecture - A Quantitative Approach Morgan Kaufmann 2011
• D.A. Patterson, J.L. Hennessy : Rechnerorganisation und -entwurf - Die Hardware/Software-Schnittstelle Pearson Studium 2012
• W. Stallings : Computer Organization and Architecture Pearson Education 2012
• A.S. Tanenbaum, T. Austin : Structured Computer Organization Pearson Education 2012

Language:

• offered only in German

Notes:

Last Updated:

01.02.2022