Computer Organization II
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Networking and Services
Intermediate studies
Course introduces students to lower level computer organization structures, e.g., to machine language structure, pipelined instruction execution as well as the implementation of processors and memory hierarchy. Prerequisites: Computer Organization I. Text book: Stallings W.: Computer Organization and Architecture (9th ed.), Pearson, 2013.
Exam
29.02.2012
16.00
B123
| Year | Semester | Date | Period | Language | In charge |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | spring | 16.01-22.02. | 3-3 | English | Tiina Niklander |
Lectures
| Time | Room | Lecturer | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mon 12-14 | C222 | Tiina Niklander | 16.01.2012-22.02.2012 |
| Wed 12-14 | D122 | Tiina Niklander | 16.01.2012-22.02.2012 |
Exercise groups
| Time | Room | Instructor | Date | Observe |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thu 12-14 | B222 | Tiina Niklander | 16.01.2012—24.02.2012 |
Information for international students
Lectures are in English. Practice sessions are bilingual, in English and in Finnish.
General
Course is elective intermediate course. The target audience for the course are the 2nd-4th year students.
Prerequisites: Course Computer Organization I, or good knowledge on its topics.
Kerola's CO-II home page has general course information not relating to this specific lecture course. This page will be replaced (at some time) by new departmental CO-II home page.
Departmental old CO-II home page has links to old course information.
Completing the course
This lecture course has the following components:
- Lectures: 6 weeks, 4h/wk
- Practice sessions: 6 weeks, 2h/wk
- Course exam: Tue 14.12.2010
- Optional extra essays (every second week)
Grading is based on the following guidelines:
| Course component | Available points toward grade | Minimum points needed to pass |
|---|---|---|
| Practice sessions (homeworks, attendance) | 6 | 1 |
| Course exam | 30 | 15 |
| Extra essays | 6 | 0 |
| Total | 42 | 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. Extra essays may help you a little to pass the course, but mostly they will give you a better grade and deeper understanding of scientific articles about the Comp.Org.
Literature and material
The course (Spring 2012) is based on textbook William Stallings, Computer Organization and Architecture - Designing for Performance, 8th Ed., Prentice Hall, 2010. The course covers Chapters 3-5 and 8-20. There is an (student) online support website for this text book. Chapters 1-2, and 6-7 have been covered in prerequisite course CO-I.
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.