TYPE OF COURSE UNIT	Compulsory Course
LEVEL OF COURSE UNIT	Bachelor's Degree
YEAR OF STUDY	2
SEMESTER	Fourth Term (Spring)
NUMBER OF ECTS CREDITS ALLOCATED	6
NAME OF LECTURER(S)	Instructor Şemsi Yıldırım Ünal
LEARNING OUTCOMES OF THE COURSE UNIT	At the end of this course, the students; 1) Know concepts of organization and architecture. Historical evolution of computers and general structure and operation of computers. 2) Informed of interfacing, bus structures, cache and cache organization. DRAM, SRAM, ROM, DRAM organization. 3) Gather optical disk structures, I/O architecture, programmed I/O, interrupt driven I/O, DMA, I/O channels and processors. 4) Learn operating system, scheduling, memory management and virtual memory. 5) Apply arithmetic logic unit, types of arithmetic operations and number representation. 6) Gain an insight on machine language instructions, data types, operations, and assembly language.
MODE OF DELIVERY	Face to face
PRE-REQUISITES OF THE COURSE	Yes(BİL275)
RECOMMENDED OPTIONAL PROGRAMME COMPONENT	None
COURSE DEFINITION	Concepts of organization and architecture. Historical evolution of computers. General structure and operation of computers. Interfacing, bus structures and PCI, memory, cache and cache organization. DRAM, SRAM, ROM, error correction, DRAM organization, magnetic disk and disk organization. Optical disk structures. I/O architecture, programmed I/O, interrupt driven I/O, DMA, I/O channels and processors. Operating system. Scheduling. Memory management, virtual memory. Arithmetic Logic Unit, types of arithmetic operations and number representation. Machine language instructions. Data types, operations. Assembly language.
COURSE CONTENTS	WEEK TOPICS 1st Week Concepts of organization and architecture 2nd Week Historical evolution of computers 3rd Week General structure and operation of computers 4th Week Arithmetic calculations 5th Week Processor, databus and control 6th Week Cache Memory 7th Week Machine language commands 8th Week Mid-term 9th Week Machine language commands addressing 10th Week CISC arhitecture and pipeline 11th Week RISC arhitecture and pipeline 12th Week Machine language instructions 13th Week Control Unit 14th Week Assembly language.
RECOMENDED OR REQUIRED READING	1. Stallings, Computer Organization and Architecture: Designing for Performance: International Version, 8th Edition, 2010, Pearson Higher Education, ISBN-10: 0135064171
PLANNED LEARNING ACTIVITIES AND TEACHING METHODS	Lecture,Questions/Answers,Practice,Presentation
ASSESSMENT METHODS AND CRITERIA	Quantity Percentage(%) Mid-term 1 30 Assignment 1 10 Quiz 2 20 Total(%) 60 Contribution of In-term Studies to Overall Grade(%) 60 Contribution of Final Examination to Overall Grade(%) 40 Total(%) 100
ECTS WORKLOAD	Activities Number Hours Workload Midterm exam 1 2 2 Preparation for Quiz 6 5 30 Individual or group work Preparation for Final exam 1 45 45 Course hours 14 4 56 Preparation for Midterm exam 1 35 35 Laboratory (including preparation) Final exam 1 2 2 Homework Quiz 6 1 6 Total Workload 176 Total Workload / 30 5,86 ECTS Credits of the Course 6
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WORK PLACEMENT(S)	No