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UNIVERSITY
?OF
?DAR
?ES
?SALAAM
?

?
Course
?Title:
?INTRODUCTION
?TO
?COMPUTER
?ARCHITECTURE
?

?
Course
?Code:
?IS
?139
?

?
Course
?Overview:
?

?
This
?course
?introduces
?students
?to
?the
?organization
?and
?architecture
?of
?computer
?
systems,
?beginning
?with
?the
?standard
?von
?Neumann
?model
?and
?then
?moving
?
forward
?to
?more
?recent
?architectural
?concepts.
?The
?course
?explains
?the
?structure
?of
?
a
?number
?of
?existing
?computer
?systems,
?and
?the
?functioning
?of
?the
?main
?
components
?of
?a
?Computer
?system.
?
?It
?describes
?the
?working
?of
?data-?�\path
?of
?a
?
microprocessor
?and
?to
?understand
?some
?simple
?micro-?�\programs.
?

?
Course
?Outcomes/Objectives:
?

?
At
?the
?end
?of
?the
?course,
?you
?should
?be
?able
?to:
?

?
(a) Demonstrate
?mastery
?of
?basic
?aspects
?of
?computer
?architecture
?and
?
organization
?
(b) Describe
?how
?various
?components
?of
?a
?computer
?system
?work
?and
?their
?
logical
?configuration
?
(c) Understand
?how
?programs
?written
?in
?high
?level
?languages
?get
?translated
?&
?
executed
?by
?the
?hardware
?
(d) Determine
?the
?performance
?of
?programs
?and
?what
?affects
?them
?
(e) Understand
?techniques
?used
?by
?hardware
?designers
?to
?improve
?performance
?
(f) Evaluate
?and
?compare
?the
?performance
?of
?different
?computing
?systems
?

?
Pre-?�\requisites:
?
IS
?151,
?IS
?161
?

?
Course
?assessment:
?
Course
?Work
?40%,
?Final
?Exam
?60%
?

?

?

?

?

?

?

?

?

?

?

?

?

Course
?schedule:
?

?
WEEK
? TOPIC
? ASSESMENT
?
1-?�\2
? Topic
?1:
?Main
?components
?of
?a
?
computer
?system
?

?

?
Test
?1
?:
?End
?week
?6
?

?

?
3-?�\4
? Topic
?2:
?The
?digital
?Logic
?Level
?
5-?�\6
? Topic
?3:
?Data
?representation
?
7-?�\8
? Topic
?4:
?Assembly
?level
?
organization
?

?
9-?�\10
? Topic
?5:
?
?Memory
?systems:
? Test
?2
?:
?week
?12
?
11-?�\12
? Topic
?6
?:
?Instruction
?Formats
?
13-?�\14
? Topic
?7:
?
?Functional
?organization:
?

?
15
? Topic
?8:
?Performance
?
enhancements
?and
?contemporary
?
architectures
?
17
?
? Final
?Exam
?

?

?
References/resources:
?

?
Null,
?L.
?and
?Lobur,
?J.
?(2006)
?The
?essentials
?of
?computer
?organization
?and
?
architecture.
?2nd
?edn.
?Sudbury,
?MA:
?Jones
?and
?Bartlett
?Publishers,
?Inc.
?

?
Patterson,
?D.
?A.
?and
?Hennessy,
?J.
?L.
?(2007)
?Computer
?Organization
?and
?Design,
?
Revised
?Printing,
?Third
?Edition:
?The
?Hardware/Software
?Interface.
?3rd
?edn.
?United
?
States:
?Morgan
?Kaufmann
?Publishers
?In.
?

?
Stallings,
?W.
?(1999)
?Computer
?Organization
?and
?Architecture:
?Designing
?for
?
Performance.
?United
?States:
?Pearson
?Education
?(US).
?

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