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Subject title:
Computer Communication StructuresTenured
Professor: Associate Professor Ştefan Stăncescu
Type: training
(general or specialist) specialist
Number of course
hours:
28 hrs
Number of
application hours : 14 hrs
Number of credit
points: 2
Semester/year:
2'nd/2'nd
Package:
curricular area (common or specialist) specialist
Prerequisites: attending and / or promoting the following subjects: No prerequisites
-
For courses
The general objective is to study basic communication structures, present in internal busses and communication interfaces that facilitate interconnections in contemporary computer systems. First will be examined the communication principles, linked to synchronization paradigms between various computer components. Then will be presented the structure and functionality of classical computer busses (XT. ISA, EISA, VLB, PCI) and advanced ones (PCIe and PCX). The last part is dedicated to classical peripheral busses (serial, parallel, USB, IDE, ATA, SCSI) ans advanced ones (SATA, SAS, iSCSI, etc.).
The general objective is to apply on examples all course themes, under LINUX operating system.
- Course:
|
Chapter |
Content |
Hours |
|
1 |
•The Bus in computer system architecture
as disputed resource in concurrent context. Serial/Parallel first
options
for long/short paths
|
4 |
|
2 |
Data, address and control on parallel lines; multiplexing ; asynchronous, synchronous or pseudo-synchronous bus dialog; centralized / distributed arbitration |
4 |
|
3 |
ISA, EISA, VLB legacy PC backplane parallel buses. Basics on PCI PC backplane bus |
4 |
|
4 |
PCI-to-PCI
bridges, primary/secondary interfaces, multistage PCI architectures.
Complex
transactions on PCI, posting for multistage PCI, ordering rule
for delayed transactions. |
4 |
|
5 |
AGP 1X/2X/4X/8X, Graphic Address Remapping Table - GART, PCI-X characteristics |
4 |
|
6 |
Modern Serial communication structures; Ethernet technology, 10/100/1000BASE-2/5/TX/FX signals; Franaskek 8B/10B code |
4 |
|
7 |
PCI-express PC serial bus; physical/link/transport layers . USB |
4 |
|
|
Total |
28 |
- Applications:
|
Lab. |
Content |
Hours |
|
1 |
ISA
PCI |
2 |
|
2 |
AGP |
4 |
|
3 |
PCI-X |
2 |
|
1 |
PCI-express |
4 |
|
2 |
Ethernet/USB |
2 |
|
|
Total |
14 |
5.Assessment
a)
Activities assessed and their weighting
:(according to the Graduating Regulations)
Laboratories
30%
Partial
examination
30%
Final
examination
40%
b)
Minimum passing requirements:
passing
laboratory work and the partial evaluation;
passing the final
evaluation.
c)
Final scoring;
50-55 points –
mark 5; 56-59– mark 6; 60-69- mark 7;
70-79- mark 8; 80-89 mark- 9; 90-100 mark-10.
Course Notes and
examples on web page
http://stst.elia.pub.ro/download/so.zip
Classical oral presentation in romanian
(1). Ştefan Stăncescu - Note de curs.
(2). Andrew Tanenbaum “Organizarea structurată a Calculatoarelor” AGORA 1999
(3). Andrew Tanenbaum, Albert S. Woodhool “Operating Systems. Design and implementation" , 3'rd edition, Prentice Hall, 2006
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