Postgraduate Course: Digital System Design (MSc) (PGEE10008)
Course Outline
| School | School of Engineering |
College | College of Science and Engineering |
| Credit level (Normal year taken) | SCQF Level 10 (Postgraduate) |
Availability | Not available to visiting students |
| SCQF Credits | 10 |
ECTS Credits | 5 |
| Summary | This course is lecture based and is taken by students on the MSc in Electronics in Semester 2. It comprises one 22 lecture module with 8 tutorials. It is assessed 100% by examination. The course covers: Computer Architecture (from a hardware perspective); Components of Computers; Microprocessor Design; and Parallel Computing Architectures |
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Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
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Other requirements | None |
Course Delivery Information
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Learning Outcomes
On completion of this course, the student will be able to:
- Understand digital logic.
- Understand the different types of computer: embedded, PCs, data-centres, supercomputing and be able to evaluate the design trade-offs.
- Discern the differences between software and hardware description languages.
- Evaluate processor performance: CPU time, instruction count, CPI, benchmarks, power consumption and cost effectiveness.
- Evaluate othe performance improvements from parallel computing architectures.
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Reading List
Essential:
"Computer Organization and Design: The Hardware/Software Interface", D.A. Patterson and J.L. Hennesey, 5th Edition (MIPS), Morgan Kaufmann, 2013
ISBN: 978-0124077263 |
Additional Information
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Contacts
| Course organiser | Dr Chang Liu
Tel: (0131 6)50 2563
Email: c.liu@ed.ac.uk |
Course secretary | Mrs Megan Inch-Kellingray
Tel: (0131 6)51 7079
Email: M.Inch@ed.ac.uk |
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