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Aim: To introduce students to the techniques used to design and analyse simple analogue electronic circuits containing passive and discrete active components for practical application.

Computer Architecture and Organisation

ENEL4CO H1 (20L-5T-6P-0S-35H-10R-0F-0G-4A-13W-8C)

Prerequisite Modules: ENEL3DS.

Aim: To teach students about the hardware used in computer systems.

Content: Computer architecture; instruction set; number representation; redundant number system; mixed radix system;

residue number system; addition principles and structure; carry-ripple adder; carry skip adder; carry look- ahead adder;

multiplication of signed numbers; Booth's algorithm; floating point arithmetic; data and control pipelining; effects on

performance; the MIPS computer; superscalar computers.

Assessment: Coursework and tests (30%); 2 h exam (70%).

DP Requirement: A 50% average mark on laboratory practicals or equivalent assignment is required.

ENEL4DC Digital Communications is offered for EC and CE.