DM544 – Computer Architecture

• Official course description at SDU
• Black Board
• Teacher: Marco Chiarandini
• Instructor: Nikolai Nøjgaard

Week	45	46	47	48	49	50	51
Man, 12-14	Introfase (U24 )	Introfase (U24 )	Introfase (U24 )	Introfase (U24 )	Introfase (U24 )	Introfase (U24 )	Introfase (U24 )
Ons, 14-16	Introfase (U24 )	Introfase (U24 )	Introfase (U24 )	Introfase (U24 )	Introfase (U24 )	Træningsfase (U24 )	Introfase (U24 )
Tor, 08-10	Træningsfase (U24 )	Introfase (U24 )
Fre, 12-14			Introfase (U26A )	Træningsfase (U9 )	Træningsfase (U81 )		Træningsfase (U26A )

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	Date	Topic and Slides	Literature
1	nov04	Introduction - Information Representation	[B1] App. A and B; [B2] ch 1,2
2	nov06	Information Representation: Chars, integers, floating point	[B1] sc. 2.2.1-2.2.3; 2.4.8; App A, B; [B2] ch. 2
3	nov11	Arithmetics with integers and floating points (slides from lec 2)	[B1] App. A and B; [B2] Ch. 1,2
4	nov13	Computer Systems: History, spectrum, components	[B1] Ch. 1,2; Difference Engine
5	nov14	Computer Systems: components	[B1] Ch. 2
6	nov20	Assembly Language	[B1] Sec. 7.1, App C; [B2] sec. 3.1-3.4; [B4]
7	nov22	Assembly Language	[B1] Sec. 7.3-7.5 App C; [B2] sec. 3.4-3.8, 3.12-3.13
8	nov25	Digital Logic Level: Gates and Boolean Algebra	[B1] Sec. 3.1
9	nov27	Digital Logic Level: circuits, memories, buses, cpu chips	[B1] Ch. 3
10	dic02	Microarchitecture	[B1] Ch.4: 4.1
11	dic03	Microarchitecture	[B1] Ch.4: 4.2, 4.3, 4.4.3
12	dic09	Microarchitecture: Speedups	[B1] Ch.4: 4.4.4-4.7
13	dic16	Instruction Set Architecture	[B1] Ch.5.1-5.5.3
14	dic18	Instruction Set Architecture + Exam Preparation + Buffer Overflow	[B1] Ch.5

The tutorials are held by: Nikolai Nøjgaard

	Date	Topic	Exercises
1	nov07	Binary and Floating Point Numbers	App.A: 1, 2, 5, 7-12, 15 App.B: 1-5.
2	nov18	Information represenation, Computer Systems	App. A,B; Ch.1,2
3	nov29	Assembly Language	Ch.7: 3-9, 14-21.
4	dec06	Digital Logic Level	Ch.3: 2-5, 7-15, 17-21, 26, 27, 32-34
5	dec11	Digital Logic Level	Ch.3: 2-5, 7-15, 17-21, 26, 27, 32-34
6	dec20	Microarchitecture	Ch.4: 1-9, 14, 17-27, 29-30; Ch.5: 2-4,7-19, 25, 32, 33.
7	jan21	Question Time in U48

• Obligatory Assignment (Pass/Fail). Results.
• Oral Exam: January 28 and 29, 2014 in IMADA Seminarrum (28) and U152 (29). Exam procedure and topics. (published 07.01.2014, updated in red 21.01.2014) Ekstern censor: Stig Skelboe
  List of received questions and answers.

  Reexam: February 28, 2014.

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