Courses – Fakultet tehničkih nauka u Novom Sadu

Subject: Dedicated computer systems (17.ESI052)

Native organizations units: No data

Type of studies	Title
Undergraduate Academic Studies	Power Software Engineering (Godina: 2, Summer)

General information:

Category	Scientific-professional
Scientific or art field	Applied Computer Science and Informatics
Interdisciplinary	No
ECTS	8

Educational goal:

Students learn about the organization of dedicated computer systems and their use. Introducing key technologies and components of modern microcomputers.

Educational outcome:

Knowledge about basic notions, standards and computer technologies present in the contemporary dedicated systems. Students should develop ability to design and realize simple dedicated computer structures.

Course content:

Relationship between architecture and organization of computer systems: basic notions and definitions. Instruction code, internal CPU organization. CISC and RISC architectures. Assembly languages. Logical design of CPU. Pipelined and superscalar organization. Multiprocessing and multi-core computing. Memory hierarchy, cache and virtual memory design. Memory paging. Design of simple MIPS CPU, pipelined and non-pipelined. Input/Output subsistem and programming techniques for communication with peripheral devices. System buses: classification and examples. Basic computer peripherals. Communication subsystem: synchronous and asynchronous transmissions, local networks.

Teaching methods:

Lectures. Tutorials. Computer practice. Consultations. Students attend lectures and computer practice classes. At the end of the semester the acquired practical knowledge is assessed at the regular examination. The examination is taken using computer and suitable literature.

Literature:

Authors	Title	Year	Publisher	Language
Kovačević, V., Atlagić, B.	Logičko projektovanje računarskih sistema. 2, Projektovanje računarskih sistema	2007	Fakultet tehničkih nauka, Novi Sad	Serbian language
Gorsline, G.W.	Computer Organization: Hardware/Software	1986	London: Prentice-Hall	English
Mano, M. Morris	Digital Logic and Computer Design	1979	Englewood Cliffs: Prentice/Hall International, Inc.	English
Iliffe, J.K.	Advanced Computer Design	1982	Prentice-Hall International	English