The student will acquire the necessary skills to understand how information is stored in the computer. In particular, he will be able to: encode and decode signed and unsigned, integer, fractional, floating point numbers; know and analyze elementary logic circuits; analyze the digital components that underlie the architecture of modern computers. Furthermore students will acquire basic skills on learning to learn, basic personal and social skills through didactics for groups, cases/problems.
Lectures, classroom exercises, ongoing assignment with delivery and evaluation. Instant polling will be used for self-assessment and didactics for groups and cases/problems.
The components of a computer: the von Neumann architecture The representation of information Bit, byte, single and double word Number representation, signed and unsigned numbers, two's complement The representation of non-numeric information (e.g., strings) Computer arithmetic and floating point numbers according to the IEEE 754 standard The RISC-V processor A simple implementation scheme Logic gates, truth tables and Boolean expressions Combinational circuits Arithmetic and logic unit Clocks Memory: Flip-Flops, Latches, and registers Memory: SRAM and DRAM
David A Patterson John L HennessyStruttura e progetto dei calcolatoriProgettare con RISC-VSeconda edizione italiana ISBN: 9788808199669
Chapters 2, 4 (4.5-4.10), 5 (5.6-5.10), 6 (6.1-6.6) Appendix B
Ricevimento: Appointment by email
DAVIDE ANCONA (President)
GIORGIO DELZANNO (President)
DANIELE D'AGOSTINO (President Substitute)
