| CODE | CCE1011 | |||||||||
| TITLE | Introduction to Computer Systems | |||||||||
| UM LEVEL | 01 - Year 1 in Modular Undergraduate Course | |||||||||
| MQF LEVEL | Not Applicable | |||||||||
| ECTS CREDITS | 6 | |||||||||
| DEPARTMENT | Communications and Computer Engineering | |||||||||
| DESCRIPTION | This study-unit is intended to give an understanding of computer systems and organization. The module will also serve as an introduction to basic interfacing which will lead to embedded systems. Syllabus: • The computer system o System busses o Computer components o Computer function o Interconnection structures o Bus Interconnection o PCI bus structure o Data transfer types. • Basic computer and CPU organisation o Introduction to the components making up a processor: internal registers, ALU, internal bus, multiplexers and decoders; memory and input/output. • Memory o Internal and external memory o Cache o RAM organization • Computer peripherals o The concept of Input-Output to slow speed peripherals o Serial and Parallel access • Introduction to Interfacing: typical examples. • System software, multiuser multi-program memory environment, virtual memory, paged and segmented memory Laboratory Work: • Basic interfacing Textbook: • William Stallings, Computer Organization and Architecture, Prentice Hall. |
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| ADDITIONAL NOTES | Leads to: CCE2011 | |||||||||
| STUDY-UNIT TYPE | Lecture and Tutorial | |||||||||
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| LECTURER/S | Paul J. Micallef (Co-ord.) Trevor Spiteri |
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