The computer lies at the heart of computing. Without it most of the computing disciplines today would be a branch of theoretical mathematics. To be a professional in any field of computing today, one should not regard the computer as just a black box that executes programs by magic. All students of computing should acquire some understanding and appreciation of a computer system's functional components, their characteristics, their performance, and their interactions. There are practical implications as well. Students need to understand computer architecture in order to structure a program so that it runs more efficiently on a real machine. In selecting a system to use, they should to able to understand the tradeoff among various components, such as CPU clock speed vs. memory size. (From IEEE/ACM Computing Curricula 2001).

Activity Day Time Location LECTURE Mon 12:00 MCC T2 LECTURE Tue 14:00 MCC T2 LECTURE Thu 17:00 MCC T3 You can verify lecture times here. A total of 30 lectures will be given, see the course activity schedule to determine exactly which lectures are being used. You attend only one lab session - the one you register for!!

Activity Day Time Location Tutor LAB Tue 12:00 N112 PC LAB Tue 15:00 N112 PS LAB Wed 11:00 N112 PJ LAB Wed 17:00 N112 AP LAB Fri 09:00 N112 PJ LAB Fri 11:00 N112 PJ LAB Fri 13:00 N112 AP

News

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General Information

• course description
  • StudyAT entry
  • Course Administration Handout
• Staff contact details
• Course schedule: dates for lectures, laboratories and assignments
• Assessment scheme
• Getting help!

Course Material

• Text books and brick, and how to get them
• Lecture slides
• Homework and Laboratory exercises
• Assignments
• Old exam papers

• Digital Building Blocks
• C programming
• PeANUts
• Memory Systems and Modern Machines
• Operating System Concepts
• Interconnection Networks

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