CM075CM117 : Computer Systems Fundamentals

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CM075/CM117 Computer Systems Fundamentals

• Dave Harrison
• Office P229 Phone 7655
• E-Mail D.A.Harrison_at_unn.ac.uk
• WWW http//computing.unn.ac.uk/staff/cgdh1

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Module Structure

• 12 hours lectures. 12 hours practical.
• Lectures
• Weeks 1-6 Dave Harrison (module tutor)
• Weeks 7-12 Alun Moon
• Practicals
• Dave Harrison.
• Alun Moon.
• Sajjad Shami.
• Your responsibilities
• Attend all lectures and practicals.
• Complete all practical work.

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Module Assessment

• One hour, closed book exam.
• Multiple choice
• 30 questions.
• Not negatively marked.
• Takes place sometime in weeks 13-15.
• You need 40 overall to pass this unit.
• Example paper handed out in week 6.
• Answers in practicals in week 7.

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Module Content

• Computers differ in
• How their functional units are connected
  together.
• Their set of basic operations.
• Ways in which operands can be specified.
• Memory size, clock speed etc.
• This course explains these concepts in the hope
  that you will
• Learn how computers work.
• Learn the principles of computer architecture.
• Learn the principles of computer language.
• Pedagogical vehicle Just Another Simulated
  Processor (JASPer).
• Runs on PCs with Windows.
• Simulates brain damaged Motorola M6800.

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Books

• Fundamentals Of Computer Architecture
• M. Burrell
• Palgrave 2004
• The Principles Of Computer Hardware (Third
  Edition)
• A. Clements
• Oxford University Press 2000
• Computer Organization (Fourth Edition)
• V.C. Hamacher, Z.G. Vranesic S.G. Zaky
• McGraw-Hill International Editions 1990
• 68000 Family Assembly Language
• A. Clements
• PWS Publishing Company 1994