Computer Systems Architecture

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Department of Transport Telematics

Synopsis:

Description of computer architecture principles, e.g. von Neumann's model, pipelining, different coupling of systems, transmission protocols, systolic systems, parallel systems classification, etc. The Amdahl's law, effectiveness of parallel systems performance measurement, RISC and CICS architectures, superscalar architectures, mass parallel architectures and symmetric multiprocessing explained on many examples.

Requirements:

Basic knowledge of system sciences, electrotechnics and programming.

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Study Objective:

Knowledge acquisition of basic types of computer architectures and their philosophy.

Study materials:

Hord: Understanding Parallel Supercomputing, IEEE Press, 1999

Dowd, Severance: High Performance Computing, Cambridge, O'Railly, 1998

Tanenbaum: Structured Computer Organization, Prentice Hall, 1990

Hwang, Briggs: Computer Architecture and Parallel Processing, Mc Graw-Hill Book Co, 1984

Novák a kol.: Neuronové sítě, Praha, C. H. Beck, 1999

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No time-table has been prepared for this course

The course is a part of the following study plans:

• BI nav.prez.11/12 (compulsory elective course)
• ID nav.prez.11/12 (compulsory elective course)
• ME nav.prez.11/12 (compulsory elective course)
• PL nav.prez.11/12 (compulsory elective course)
• TR nav.prez.11/12 (compulsory elective course)
• BI nav.prez.12/13 (compulsory elective course)
• DS nav.prez.12/13 (compulsory elective course)
• ID nav.prez.12/13 (compulsory elective course)
• LO nav.prez.12/13 (compulsory elective course)
• PL nav.prez.12/13 (compulsory elective course)
• TR nav.prez.12/13 (compulsory elective course)