Processor Design (COMP30080)

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General

Credits:

Level:

Semester:

Semester Two

Subject:

Computer Science

School:

Computer Science & Informatics

Module Coordinator:

Dr Christopher Bleakley

This module is intended for students who wish to understand the relationship between computer software and hardware. The course is centred on the study of a real world microprocessor (MIPS32). Students will learn how to program in assembly language. The relationship between a processor's instruction set architecture and its performance is explained. Various processor designs are described including single-cycle, multi-cycle, pipelined and parallel. Design aspects of recent high-performance processor architectures are discussed.

Outcomes

On completion of this module students should be able to:- Write and debug simple assembly language programs.- Design and simulate simple logic circuits to perform processing or control functions.- Explain the relationships between instruction set architecture, processor design and performance.- Describe the most common processor organizations, understand how they operate and explain what their advantages and disadvantages are.- Determine the performance of various design optimisations.

Workload

	Hrs/Semester
Lectures	24
Practical	20
Specified Learning Activities	10
Autonomous Student Learning	56
Total Workload	110

Assessment

	% of Final Grade	Timing
Assignment: Five assignments incorporating theory and practical work	40	Varies over the Semester
Class Test: Mid-semester examination	10	Varies over the Semester
Examination: End of semester examination	50	2 hour End of Semester Exam

Resits

Resit Opportunities

End of Semester Exam

Remediation

If you fail this module you may repeat, resit or substitute where permissible

Dependencies

Module Requisites and Incompatibles

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Equivalent Modules

Prior Learning

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Students are recommended to have taken modules Comp10040 (Introduction to Computer Architecture) and Comp20020 (Digital Systems) or the equivalent of these modules.

Availability

Timetabling information is displayed only for guidance purposes, relates only to 2010/2011, and is subject to change.

Lectures	Semester 2 Offering 1	Mon: 13:00-13:50 (Sem2: All Weeks)
Lectures	Semester 2 Offering 1	Wed: 13:00-13:50 (Sem2: All Weeks)
Practical	Semester 2 Offering 1	Tue: 14:00-15:50 (Sem2: All Weeks)
Practical	Semester 2 Offering 2	Fri: 16:00-17:50 (Sem2: All Weeks)

Curricular information is subject to change

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