Teaching Responsibility
LJMU Schools involved in Delivery:
LJMU Partner Taught
Learning Methods
Lecture
Practical
Module Offerings
4302CIT-JAN-PAR
Aims
This module provides an overview of the operation of modern microprocessors/microcontrollers and the mechanisms used to represent and process information. Design and implement applications written in both low level and high level languages.
Learning Outcomes
1.
Describe the techniques applied to represent information within a Microprocessor. .
2.
Describe the instruction set of a computer contrasting RISC and CISC approaches
3.
Identify the fundamental components of a Microprocessor.
4.
Demonstrate an understanding of the registers that constitute a Microprocessor.
5.
Describe the role of modern Operating Systems in embedded, mobile, desktop and server environments.
6.
Specify and design microprocessor applications, then implement them utilising high or low level languages.
Module Content
Outline Syllabus:Binary, HEX, 2s Complement, Number endianness, IEEE 754, ASCII, UNICODE.
Processor core and cache hierarchies, Buses, Memory Organization, Cache Coherency, Multicore, 80% 20% ratio.
Application Scheduling, Security, Interrupt Handling, Libraries, Communications. Variables, Arrays, Iteration, Selection, Interaction with I/O, Structures, Flow charts.
Additional Information:Lecture, demonstration and practical activities applying topics discussed.
Reports are 2500 maximum word count.
Examinations are 2 hour duration.