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Syllabus 2013-14 - 13312001 - Computer Architecture (Arquitectura de computadores)

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DEGREE: Grado en Ingeniería informática
FACULTY: SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING OF JAÉN
ACADEMIC YEAR: 2013-14
COURSE: Computer Architecture
SYLLABUS
1. COURSE BASIC INFORMATION
NAME: Computer Architecture
CODE: 13312001 ACADEMIC YEAR: 2013-14
LANGUAGE: English LEVEL: 1
ECTS CREDITS: 6.0 YEAR: 2 SEMESTER: PC
2. LECTURER BASIC INFORMATION
NAME: ESPINILLA ESTÉVEZ, MACARENA
DEPARTMENT: U118 - INFORMÁTICA
FIELD OF STUDY: 035 - ARQUITECTURA Y TECNOLOGÍA DE COMPUTADORES
OFFICE NO.: A3 - 140 E-MAIL: mestevez@ujaen.es P: 953212897
WEBSITE: https://www.ujaen.es/grupos-de-investigacion/asia/contactos/espinilla-estevez-macarena
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1118-7782
LANGUAGE: English LEVEL: 1
3. CONTENT DESCRIPTION

This course is focused on the Computer Architecture. The main lessons of the course are:

Lesson 1: Introduction: Computer Performance, Benchmarks and Amdahl's Law
Lesson 2: Pipeline and scalar processors. Performance Issues in Pipelining
Lesson 3: Superscalar processors
Lesson 4: Very long instruction word processors
Lesson 5: Vector processor
Lesson 6: Architectures parallel
Lesson 7: System Interconnects

4. COURSE DESCRIPTION AND TEACHING METHODOLOGY

Large group lectures :
- Lectures
- Description of theory and examples
- Introductory activities

Practices:
- Practical exercises
- Process of the validation practices: exams .

Tutoring collective / individual
- Clarification of doubts

Students with special educational needs should contact the Student Attention Service (Servicio de Atención y Ayudas al Estudiante) in order to receive the appropriate academic support

5. ASSESSMENT METHODOLOGY

Assessment methodology combined with two works:
- Theoretical exam, being necessary to achieve a score of 2 points out of 4.
- Practical exam, being necessary to achieve a score of 3 points out 6 in the validation process of the practical contents.  The practical validation process consists of 3 practical exams, eachone with a score of 2 points.

6. BOOKLIST
MAIN BOOKLIST: