Computer Organization II
Koe
Vuosi | Lukukausi | Päivämäärä | Periodi | Kieli | Vastuuhenkilö |
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2013 | syksy | 02.09-09.10. | 1-1 | Englanti | Teemu Kerola |
Luennot
Aika | Huone | Luennoija | Päivämäärä |
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Ma 14-16 | C222 | Teemu Kerola | 02.09.2013-09.10.2013 |
Ke 12-14 | C222 | Teemu Kerola | 02.09.2013-09.10.2013 |
Harjoitusryhmät
Aika | Huone | Ohjaaja | Päivämäärä | Huomioitavaa |
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Ti 14-16 | B222 | Teemu Kerola | 09.09.2013—11.10.2013 |
Information for international students
Lectures are in principle in English. However, they may be in Finnish if everyone present understands Finnish.
Practice sessions are bilingual, in English and in Finnish.
Everybody needs the text book.
Yleistä
Course is elective intermediate course. The target audience for the course are the 2nd-4th year students. Basically, you can take this course any time after taking Computer Organization I.
Prerequisites: Course Computer Organization I, or good knowledge on its topics.
Notices and Remarks
All noticies during the lecture course will be published here.
16.9.2013 I added a new column to the schedule for those students using the 8th ed. of the text book [Sta10]. That edition has one online chapter (Ch20), which is also available via direct link.
Kurssin suorittaminen
This lecture course has the following components:
- Lectures: 6 weeks, 4h/wk
- Practice sessions: 5 weeks, 2h/wk
- Course exam: Tue 15.10.2013
Grading is based on the following guidelines:
Course component | Available points toward grade | Minimum points needed to pass |
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Practice sessions (homeworks, attendance) | 6 | 1 |
Course exam | 30 | 15 |
Total | 36 | 18 |
So, in order to pass the course you need to at least have minimum attendance to practice sessions, get at least 50% of the exam points, and have at least 18 grade points total.
Kirjallisuus ja materiaali
The course (Spring 2012) is based on textbook William Stallings, Computer Organization and Architecture - Designing for Performance, 9th Ed., Pearson, 2013. The course covers Chapters 3-4 and 8-20. There is an (student) online support website for this text book. Chapters 1-2, 5-7, as well as many parts of other chapters and appendixes have been covered in earlier courses, mostly in Computer Organization I. Get ready for this course and obtain your own copy of the text book early.
The text book can be found in bookstores and in university libraries. Amazon UK sells it for £59 (August 2013). Digital copies can be obtained from CourseSmart (£33 for 360 day rental in August 2013).
There is a small set of simple practice problems designed for this course. Most of them are (so far) only in Finnish. Please use them for self evaluation on how well you have learned any given topic. A good time to do the practice problems is after you have studied the given chapter and done the homeworks for it. There is no bookkeeping on how you use the practice problems and their use does not affect your grade.
Stallings' online support website has a nice set of a little bit more challenging practice problems with model solutions. These problems are similar to homework problems and they require more work than simple practice problems above. However, more work will usually result with deeper learning.