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FACULTY OF ENGINEERING & ARCHITECTURE / BLM307 - DEPARTMENT OF COMPUTER ENGINEERING

Code: BLM307 Course Title: COMPUTER ARCHITECTURE Theoretical+Practice: 3+0 ECTS: 4
Year/Semester of Study 3 / Fall Semester
Level of Course 1st Cycle Degree Programme
Type of Course Compulsory
Department DEPARTMENT OF COMPUTER ENGINEERING
Pre-requisities and Co-requisites None
Mode of Delivery Face to Face
Teaching Period 14 Weeks
Name of Lecturer BİLGİN YAZLIK (bilginyazlik@nevsehir.edu.tr)
Name of Lecturer(s) BİLGİN YAZLIK,
Language of Instruction Turkish
Work Placement(s) None
Objectives of the Course
Teaching how to design a computer, understanding how to solve existing design problems, teaching how to manage computer hardware from an architectural perspective.

Learning Outcomes PO MME
The students who succeeded in this course:
LO-1 Understands the basic concepts of computer architecture and computer history. PO-7 Students gain the ability to identify, define, formulate and solve problems specific to Computer Engineering.
PO-9 Students will have knowledge and skills about basic computer hardware, software and system security.
PO-19 Students develop self-renewal and researcher skills in order to adapt to innovations and developing technology.
Examination
LO-2 Understands RISC, CISC, RISC V, Harvard, Von Neumann architectural structures. PO-7 Students gain the ability to identify, define, formulate and solve problems specific to Computer Engineering.
PO-9 Students will have knowledge and skills about basic computer hardware, software and system security.
PO-19 Students develop self-renewal and researcher skills in order to adapt to innovations and developing technology.
Examination
LO-3 Understands the instruction cycle and pipeline approach. PO-5 Students gain the ability to define, model, formulate and solve general engineering problems.
PO-9 Students will have knowledge and skills about basic computer hardware, software and system security.
PO-19 Students develop self-renewal and researcher skills in order to adapt to innovations and developing technology.
Examination
LO-4 Understands internal (memories) and external hardware organization PO-5 Students gain the ability to define, model, formulate and solve general engineering problems.
PO-9 Students will have knowledge and skills about basic computer hardware, software and system security.
PO-19 Students develop self-renewal and researcher skills in order to adapt to innovations and developing technology.
Examination
PO: Programme Outcomes
MME:Method of measurement & Evaluation

Course Contents
History of computers, internal structure and classifications of central processing units, instruction cycle, pipeline, input output organization, direct memory access, memory organization, external memory and raid systems, multiprocessor systems, floating point numbers
Weekly Course Content
Week Subject Learning Activities and Teaching Methods
1 Computer architecture basic concepts and history of computers Verbal Lecture / Question - Answer, problem solving
2 Central Processing Unit, internal structure, CISC, RISC and RISC V type classification Verbal Lecture / Question - Answer, problem solving
3 Central Processing Unit, internal structure, Harvard and Von Neumann type classification Verbal Lecture / Question - Answer, problem solving
4 Instruction cycle in computer Verbal Lecture / Question - Answer, problem solving
5 Instruction cycle in computer Verbal Lecture / Question - Answer, problem solving
6 Pipeline Verbal Lecture / Question - Answer, problem solving
7 Pipeline Verbal Lecture / Question - Answer, problem solving
8 mid-term exam
9 Input / Output Organization Verbal Lecture / Question - Answer, problem solving
10 Direct Memory Access Verbal Lecture / Question - Answer, problem solving
11 Memory Organization Verbal Lecture / Question - Answer, problem solving
12 Memory Organization Verbal Lecture / Question - Answer, problem solving
13 External Memory and RAID Verbal Lecture / Question - Answer, problem solving
14 Multi processor computers Verbal Lecture / Question - Answer, problem solving
15 Floating point numbers Verbal Lecture / Question - Answer, problem solving
16 final exam
Recommend Course Book / Supplementary Book/Reading
1 Computer Organization and Architecture Designing for Performance: International Version 8th Edition William Stallings
2 Computer Architecture Design and Performance- Barry Wilkinson, Prentice Hall,1996
3 Bilgisayar Mimarisi Ders Notları - Doç. Dr. Feza Buzluca
Required Course instruments and materials
Supplementary lecture notes (presentations), projector, computer, board, pencil

Assessment Methods
Type of Assessment Week Hours Weight(%)
mid-term exam 8 1 40
Other assessment methods
1.Oral Examination
2.Quiz
3.Laboratory exam
4.Presentation
5.Report
6.Workshop
7.Performance Project
8.Term Paper
9.Project
final exam 16 1 60

Student Work Load
Type of Work Weekly Hours Number of Weeks Work Load
Weekly Course Hours (Theoretical+Practice) 3 14 42
Outside Class
       a) Reading 6 5 30
       b) Search in internet/Library 6 5 30
       c) Performance Project 0
       d) Prepare a workshop/Presentation/Report 4 1 4
       e) Term paper/Project 0
Oral Examination 0
Quiz 0
Laboratory exam 0
Own study for mid-term exam 6 1 6
mid-term exam 1 1 1
Own study for final exam 6 1 6
final exam 1 1 1
0
0
Total work load; 120