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INFB  Computer Architecture Course INF
Lecturers : Prof. Dr.-Ing. Gerald Kell    eMail
Term 4
Course Classification : Informatik Bachelor, Profil-Katalog B-INF-Profil CH 4
Language : Deutsch Type VÜ 
Type of examination : PL  Credits
Method of evaluation : written examination 120 min 
Requirements :
Cross References :  
Previous knowledges : Fundamentals of digital technology, computer organisation programming and information technology 
Aids and special features : Mode of assessment
Pass at course examination
Graded: yes
Continuous Evaluation for assignments.
Overall grade is the course examination grade. 
Teaching aims : Students will be familiar with the architecture and structural principals of different computer systems and will be able to structure them within an evaluation matrix. They will have mastered the fundamentals of applying parallelism and attendant structural and functional rules and will be able to apply spatial and chronological parallelism to computers. They will also have a general overview enabling them to gauge current and future developments. 
Contents :

Classification of computer systems, types and levels of parallelism in computer systems, system reliability, measuring and evaluating performance, special forms of semi-conductor memory, concepts of storage and message-based processor coupling, graphical working methods, estimating performance of future technologies 

Literature : Märtin C.: Rechnerarchitekturen, Fachbuchverlag Leipzig 2001, ISBN 3-446-21475-5
Schürmann B.: Grundlagen der Rechnerkommunikation, Vieweg 2004, ISBN 3-528-15562-0
Oberschelp W., Vossen G.: Rechneraufbau und Rechnerstrukturen, Oldenbourg 1998, ISBN 3-486-24288-1  


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