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- Academic unit or major
- Undergraduate major in Electrical and Electronic Engineering
- Instructor(s)
- Nakamura Kentaro
- Class Format
- Lecture
- Media-enhanced courses
- Day/Period(Room No.)
- Tue7-8(S222)
- Group
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- Course number
- EEE.C331
- Credits
- 1
- Academic year
- 2017
- Offered quarter
- 3Q
- Syllabus updated
- 2017/3/17
- Lecture notes updated
- -
- Language used
- Japanese
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Course description and aims
This course focuses on the fundamentals of computer structure and basic operation. The instructor lectures on controlling hardware using hardware descriptions and instruction sets. The instructor also lectures on structures of memory and bus, typical architecture, basic instruction sets, stacks, resistor-to-resistor command, pipeline control, interruption, and control of I/O.
Student learning outcomes
By the end of this course, students will be able to:
1) Understand the basic structure and operation of computer hardware.
2) Acquire the fundamentals of hardware description and control using an instruction set.
Keywords
computer hardware, microprocessor, hardware description, instruction set, CASL2, COMET
Competencies that will be developed
| ✔ Specialist skills | Intercultural skills | Communication skills | Critical thinking skills | ✔ Practical and/or problem-solving skills |
Class flow
Lectures are followed by exercises on the basic concepts learned in class.
Course schedule/Required learning
| Course schedule | Required learning | |
|---|---|---|
| Class 1 | Introduction to computer, history of computer | Understand what is computer. Learn the history and applications of computer system. |
| Class 2 | Basic structure. Memory and bus. | Learn about the basic configuration of computer system. Explain the basics about memory and bus. |
| Class 3 | Basic instruction set and assembly language | Understand the basic usage of instruction set. Exercise on assembly language. |
| Class 4 | Stack and sub-program | Learn about stack and sub-program. |
| Class 5 | Bus structure | Understand the structure and function of bus. |
| Class 6 | Register to register instructions | Exercise on register-to-register instruction. |
| Class 7 | Pipeline control | Explain the basic procedure in pipeline control |
| Class 8 | Signal processor | Exercise on signal processor |
Textbook(s)
English text is under preparation.
Reference books, course materials, etc.
English text is under preparation.
Assessment criteria and methods
Final exam, 70%; exercise problems, 30%.
Related courses
- EEE.M221 ： Computation Algorithms and Programming
- EEE.C321 ： Digital Electronic Circuits
Prerequisites (i.e., required knowledge, skills, courses, etc.)
No prerequisites.
