= Messina UNIVERSITY fe «Approved i) Dean bg) 3) Syzdykova Z.A. a9 J 08 2025 Syllabus Academie Year 2024 - 2025 1. General Information ‘Course title ‘Computer Architecture Degree cycle (level)/ B6B06301 — Bachelor of information and communication technology deliver | major in Cybersecurity ‘Year, term 2.6 e a Number of credits 5 Language of English Prerequisi Digital Logie Design Postrequisites Ethical Hacking Lecturer(s) 1. Anuar Baitulakov, MSc in industrial engineering, Senior-lecturer in the Department of intelligent systems and cybersecurity at Astana IT University, [email protected],kz, Expo CI block, office C1.1.329 2. Konakbayey Olzhas, MSc in Automation and Control, Senior-lecturer in the Department of intelligent systems and cybersecurity at Astana IT University, oxkon dastanait edu, kz, Expo C1 block, office C1.1.329 3. _Kymbat Seilkhanova, MS¢ in Engineering, Instructor in the Department of intelligent systems and cybersecurity at Astana rv University, k.sei/[email protected], Expo C1 block, office C1.1.329 4. Didar Yarullin, MS¢ in physics, Senior-lecturer in the Department of intelligent systems and cybersecurity at Astana IT University, d.varulin(@astana.itedu.k2, Expo C1 block, office C1.1.329 Zoals, Objectives and Learning Outcomes of the Course 1. Course Description Tn this course, students will learn about the principles of computer organization and fundamental concepts of computer architecture, The first half of the course aims to study number systems, computer arithmetic, Boolean algebra theory, memory system organization, and machine instruction characteristics. The remaining half of the course focuses on ARM instruction formats, addressing modes, processor organization, instruction pipelining. Furthermore, the course provides fundamental knowledge on assembly language and its components, operands, registers, memory, constants, conditional flags, conditional statements, and performance analysis of memory system. 2. Course Goal(s) Course goal is to provide a solid background in computer architecture via problem-solving and practical tasks, The course will prepare students to work in industry of computer engineering; it can also provide a base for students interested in developing technologies and digital circuits.[3. Course Objectives + Tounderstand digital logic fundamentals including number system, Boolean algebra + To design combinational logic circuits © To analyze sequential circuits + To facilitate students in understanding computer arithmetic + To explain concepts of computer architecture and mechanisms required to modem processors desi + To transfer basic concepts of computer architecture and organization + To help students in understanding memory system organization + To help students in understanding characteristics of machine instructions To facilitate students in learning assembly language 4. Skills & Competences Throughout this course, students will be immersed in a wealth of practical knowledge surrounding the realm of digital logic design. Students will explore the intricate relationships between binary representation, Boolean algebra, and logic gates, gaining insights into how these components seamlessly interact to form the foundation of digital systems. Moreover, students will obtain solid knowledge in understanding architecture of computer systems and its components, Students will leam how to write a program in assembly language 5. Course Leaning Outcomes: The students will be able to: LO-1:; Identify number systems, signed arithmetic 10-2; Understand basic operations of Boolean Algebra LO-3: Utilize Boolean algebra and Karnaugh maps to simplify logical expressions L.0-4: Present general overview of programmable logic devices 0-5: Distinguish among different types of flip-flops 0-6: Explain twos complement representation LO-7: Understand the use of significand, base, and exponent in the representation of floating-point numbers LO-8: Understand memory system organization 10-9: Understand characteristics of machine instructions LO-10: Understand types of operands and ARM data types 10-11: Understand different types of addressing modes 10-12: Explain the difference between machine language and assembly Janguage (at brief) 10-13: Understand processor structure and function LO-14: Explain assembly language elements, operands, registers, ete. LO-15: Explain condition flags, branching, conditional statement, loops 6. Methods of Assessment © Quizzes: © Assignments, 7. Reading List Lecture slides willbe ible after class (available on moodle.astanait.edu.k7); 1. Lecture notes (available on Moodle); 2. Computer Organization and Architecture: Designing for Performance, 11" Edition, William Stallings; 3. Digital Design and Computer Architecture, Sarah L. Hartis, David Money Harris Supplementary textbook: 1. Computer System Architecture. 3" Edi jon, M. Morris Mano.8. Resources ‘Online joumals, article, papers. books and internet resources as well as software for simulation. 9. Course policy ‘Course and University policies include: The discipline is conducted in accordance to the individual characteristics and needs of students with disabilities and special ‘educational needs, ensuring accessibility of the educational process, equal learning conditions and a comfortable educational environment. ‘Attendane Students are expected to attend all scheduled class sessions with prior reading of all required reading and supplementary materials. ‘The student won't obtain additional points for course attendance, but the attendance is important to pass the course, in particularly, to pass Mid- term and End-Term control exams. The total point of Attendance is 70% or more to pass every separate exam (Midterm, Endterm, and Final exams). In case the student is not able to attend the classes for some reasons, he/she must inform the teacher of the course or dean's office in advance and the student itself is responsible for self-learning all materials, which ‘were given during unattended lessons. In case if the student did not attend more than 30% of the classes without any reasonable excuses and do not inform in advance the dean's office or the instructor of the course then the teacher has a right to mark him as “not graded”, and a student wouldn’t be admitted to the exam (Midterm, Endterm, and Final exams). In other words, students must participate in at least 70% of all class time, otherwise he/she can't right to pass exams and can fail the course. In same time, in case if the student did not attend more than 30% of the classes without any reasonable excuses, or not able to attend the classes for some reasons, the teacher can able to give a student the opportunity to submit assignments, practical works and others tasks on the not studied topics during an additional time. | For example, an instructors has the rights to give an additional task, inini-projects or any other ease studies in the framework of practical ‘works or assignments on the studied course. ‘The evaluation and grading process should be done by the structor and students before starting the Midterm Exam or the Endterm Exam,This individual opportunity can be considered by teacher in case if student can not to present approved medical document from medical policlinics on any reasons. In any other cases student must attend to the course not less 70% of all classes. Preparation for Class: Class participation is a very important part of the learning process in this course. Although not explicitly grade, students will be evaluated on the QUALITY of their contributions and insights. Quality comments possess one or more of the follo properties: - Offers a different and unique, but relevant, perspective; = Contributes to moving the discussion and analysis forward; ~ Builds on other comments Class work: The duration of each lecture and practical lesson is 50 minutes for offline classes. and 40 minutes for online classes. Students are expected to complete all readings and assignments ahead of time, attend class regularly and participate in class discussions. In ease of systemie student's misconduct, the student can be dispensed from the classes. Being late on class: When students come to class late, it can disrupt the flow of a lecture or discussion, distract other students, impede learning, and generally erode class morale. Moreover, if left unchecked, lateness can become chronic and spread throughout the class, Therefore, the being late to the class is not welcome and can have restriction activities by the teacher. Attestation T and II: Students with score less than 25% for Attestation period I or Attestation period IT (RK1/RK2) automatically fail to pass and should retake the course. Homework / Assignments: The assignments are designed to acquaint students with the theoretical knowledge and practical skills required for the course. The textbook readings will be supplemented with materials collected from recent professional articles and journals. In case of using someone's work (papers, articles, any publications). all works must be properly cited. Failure to cite work will be resulted as a cheating from the students and may be a subject of additional disciplinary measures. Late assignments: Most assignments will be discussed in class on the due date. It is expected that all work is to be submitted on time. All gradings are based using a percentage grading scale: In the case of some extraordinary event, students should notify the insiructor and request an extension of the deadline for submission. If approved, a new date will be given to the student depending upon the circumstances by instructor.Final exam: The final exam for the course “Computer Architecture” includes multiple-choice test and questions for two hours, which covers theoretical and practical parts of the course. The format of the exam is paper-based. No late submissions are allowed in the exam, Laptops and mobile devices can only be used for classroom purposes when directed by the teacher, Misuse of laptops or handheld devices will be considered a breach of discipline and appropriate action will be initiated by the teacher. Online lessons can be used in case if there won't be a chance to make offline traditional lessons. [It must not discourage the interest and enthusiasm of students. The main software to run the online lessons is Microsoft Teams for video calls and live webinars, and Moodle (moodle.astanait.edu.kz) as a Learning Management System. Also, some alternatives such as ‘Telegram, Zoom, or other messenger may be involved as an additional workaround. Cheating and plagiarism are defined in the Academie conduct policies of the university and include 1, Submitting work that is not your own papers, assignments, or exams; 2, Copying ideas, words, or graphics from a published or unpublished source without appropriate citation; 3, Submitting or using falsified data; 4. Submitting the same work for credit in two courses without prior consent of both instructors. Any student who is found cheating ot plagiarizing on any work for this course will receive 0 (zero) for that work and further actions will also be taken regarding academic conduct policies of the university, Academic Conduct Policies of the university: The full texts ofall the academic conduct code will be posted to the students using Learning Management System (moodle.astanait.edu.kz). Contacting the Instructor: The easiest and most reliable way to get in touch with the teacher is by email. Students must feel free to send an email if have # question related to the course. Instructors will respond as soon as they can but not always instantaneously. Besides, students are also welcomed to arrange a one-on-one meeting with the instructor in their office during office hours (both online and ofiline formats are a acceptable). _ i 3. Course Content [_ # | Abbreviation e ~___ Meaning al 1 TSIS “Teacher-supervised independent work 2 |sIs ~ | Students” independent work iz E 3__[1P i Individual project a 4 [PA Practical assignment = 3 [iw Laboratory work - 6 {McQ Multiple choice quiz3.1 Lecture, Practical/Seminar/Laboratory Session Plans Week No Course Topic & Lectures Practice sessions. (HIW) (HW) TSIS (HW) SIS ca) ‘Course introduction and overview. Computer abstraction and technology. Number systems: the decimal system, positional number systems, the binary system, hexadecimal notation | Lab. sessions Instructions: language of the computer. RISC. Computer Arithmetic: integer representation, integer arithmetic, floating-point representation, floating- point arithmetic _ ‘The basics of digital Logie: Boolean algebra, gates, combinational logie circuits, sequential circuits, programmable logic devices. (Quiz 1) 4 | Memory system organization: bit cells, organization, memory ports, memory types, DRAM, SRAM _ 3 | Instruction sets: machine instruction characteristics, types of operands, ARM data types, types of operations, addressing modes, ARM instruction formats. ‘The processor. (Midterm) 6 | Instruction sets: addressing modes, ARM addressing modes, instruction formats, ARM instruction formats 7__| Mapping control to hardware. 9 8 | Large and Fast: exploiting memory hierarchy. (Quiz 2) rere) Parallel process from Client to Cloud 10 | Graphies processor unit. (Endterm) 2 150 20 0 0 10 4, Student Performance Evaluation System for the Course Period ‘Assignments Number of points Total7 attestation, Assignment 1 Assignment 2 Assignment 3 Assignment 4 Quiz | Mid Term 100 aaaaa ae | attestation ‘Assignment 5 ‘Assignment 6 ‘Assignment 7 Assignment & Quiz2 End Term 100 aaaaale 30, Final exam MCQ (paper-based) 40 100 Total 0,3 * 1 Ate+ 0,3 * 2" Att + 0.4*Final 100 % The mumber of assignments can be different. 1t depends from the course program and designed by teacher course syllabus. But the total points of the assignment are 60 in each control period. ‘Achievement level as per course curriculum shall be assessed according to the evaluation chart adopted by the academic eredit system, Letter Numerical Percentage | oF#d according to the traditional Grade equivalent system 40 95-100 " ae oad Excellent L 3.33 $5.89 i 3.0 80-84 ae 2.67 15-9 Cae 233 70-74 2.0 65-69 i 1,67_ 60-64 55-59 Satisfactory Es 50-54 PX 0 25-49 ae E 0 024 Based on the specific grade for each assignment, and the final grade, following criteria must be satisfied Grade | Criteria to be satisfied [Work would be worthy of further dissemination under appropriate conditions {Mastery of advanced methods and techniques at a level beyond that explicitly taught = Ability to synthesize and employ in an original way idea from across the subject 90-100 | - Outstanding command of crtieal analysis and judgment ~ Excellent range and depth of attainment of intended outcomes = Mastery of a wide range of methods and techniques = Evidence of study and originality of what has been taught 30-89 _| ~ Able to display a command of critical analysis and judgement~ Attained all the intended learning outcomes for a unit = Able to use well a range of methods and techniques to come to conclusions 70-79 - Able to employ critical analysis and judgement = Some limitations in attainment of learning objectives, but has managed to grasp most of them ‘Able to use most of the methods and techniques taught ~ Evidence of study and comprehension of what has been taught but grasp insecure - Some grasp of the issues and concepts underlying the techniques and material 60-69 _| taught, but weak and incomplete ~ Attainment of only a minority of the learning outcomes ~ Able to demonstrate a clear but limited use of some of the basie methods and techniques taught ~ Weak and incomplete grasp of what has been taught - Deficient understanding of the issues and concepts underlying the techniques and 50-59 _| material taught ~ Attainment of nearly all the intended learning outcomes deficient - Lack of ability to use at all or the right methods and techniques taught Inadequately and incoherently presented - Wholly deficient grasp of what has been taught - Lack of understanding of the issues and concepts underlying the techniques and 25-49 _ | material taught ‘No significant assessable material, absent or assessment missing a must pass 0-24 _| component 5. Methodological Guidelines Assessment is administered continuously throughout the course. Students are rated against their performance in continuous rating administered throughout the semester (60%) and summative ratingdone during the examination session (40%), comprising a total 100%. Continuous rating is students’ on-going performance in class and independent work. Class work is assessed for attendance and in-class assessments. - TSIS (Teacher Supervised Student Independent Study) - comprises presentation to be done by students independently and checked by instructor - Mid-term and End-term isa review of the topics covered and assessment of each student's knowledge. The form of the midterm and endterm exams is complex and paper-based. - Final assessment is a combination of both midterm and endterm covered tasks. The form of the final assessment is complex and paper-based. 6. Lecturer (lecturers) approvals Full name Job title Date | Sign— Anuar Baitulakov Senior-lecturer =e ‘Didar Yarulin Lecturer WS | Olzhas Konakbayev i | Seaiorlecimer Kymbat Seilkhanova Senior lecturer finetafobeora AG