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emulation in parallel, human engineering, reliability EE467 Computer Communications
considerations, maintainability, documentation. Preparation
6 credit points hours per week
of a research project and a technical poster.
Prerequisites: EE282, EE363 Assessment: laboratory,
EE459 Electrical Design
examination, assignments
A fourth year subject in the computer systems engineering
stream of the degree of Bachelor of Engineering (Electrical)
7 credit points 3 hours per week Hawthorn Prerequisite:
completion of the third year of the degree of Bachelor of
Engineering (Electrical -unstreamed) 0 Assessment:
assignment/poster
A fourth year subject in the computer systems engineering
stream of the degree of Bachelor of Engineering (Electrical)
Objectives
To introduce the student to selected design
consideration in the computer systems engineering
stream of the course
To allow the student to elect a topic for the major
design and project activities of the fifth year of the
course.
Content
The process of design, functional partitioning, hardware
description languages, basic features of VHDL, design
entities, architectural bodies, block statements, processes,
data types, packages, control statements, basic modelling
techniques for combinational and sequential logic, chip level
emulation in parallel, human engineering reliability
considerations, maintainability, documentation.
Preparation of a research project and a technical poster.
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EE465 Engineering Systems Software
6 credit points 3 hours per week Hawthorn
Prerequisites: EE363 Assessment: examination, assignments
A fourth year subject in all streams of the degree of Bachelor
of Engineering (Electrical)
0 b jectives
The aim of the subject is for students to develop a sound
understanding of advanced software engineering principles
and techniques applicable to computer based systems in
engineering, and to introduce the fundamental elements of
operating systems as a base for advanced studies in real-time
systems.
Content
Principles of software engineering including requirement
analysis, specifications, design, verification and quality
assurance.
Operating systems including the internal structure and
operation, using UNIX and MSDOS as case studies.
Recommended reading
IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering
Jones, G. Software Engineering. New York, Wiley, 1990
Kelly, A. and Pohl, I. IA Book on C. 2nd edn, Benjamin
Cummings Publishing Company, 1990
Silberschatz, A. and Galvin, P.B. Operating System Concepts. 4th
edn, Reading, Mass., Addison-Wesley, 1994
Tanenbaurn, A.S. Operating Systems. Englewood Cliffs, N.J.,
Prentice Hall, 1987
Tanenbaum, A.S. Structured Computer Organization. 3rd edn,
Englewood Cliffs, N.J., Prentice Hall, 1990
0 biectives
To introduce students to the basic concepts and techniques
of data communications, computer networks and layered
protocols.
Content
Data communication networks and open system
standards;
Electrical interface;
Data transmission;
Protocol basics;
Data link control protocols;
Local area networks;
Metropolitan area networks;
Wide area networks.
Recommended reading
Beauchamp, K.G. Computer Communications. 2nd edn, London,
Chapman & Hall, 1987
Halsall, F. Data Communications, Computer Networks and Open
Systems. 3rd edn, Wokingham, Addison-Wesley, 1992
EE474 Computer Systems Engineering
11 credit points 5 hours per week Hawthorn
Prerequisites: EE287, EE263, EE363 Assessment:
examination, assignments, laboratory exercises
A fourth year subject in the computer systems engineering
stream of the degree of Bachelor of Engineering (Electrical)
0 biectives
To broaden the students' knowledge of computer
architecture and to examine the implementation techniques
applicable to high performance computer hardware.
Content
Comparative computer architecture studies including
rationale and trade-offs for CISC, and super scalar RISC and
DSP architectures. Introduction to ~arallel comvuter
organisations including taxonomy and com n data path and
control implementation (hardwired and microprogrammed),
pipelining techniques (reservation tables,
scoreboards). Memory organisation caches, interleaving,
disks (organisation, accessing, algorithms), virtual memory.
Input/output devices application specific controllers
(graphics, communications).
Recommended reading
Brawer, S. Introduction to Parallel Programming. Boston,
Academic Press, 1989
Hayes, J.P. Computer Architecture and Organization. 2nd edn,
New York, McGraw-Hill, 1988
IEEE 'Computer' (various papers)
IEEE 'Micro' (various papers)
Mimar, T. Programming and Designing with the 68000 Family
Including the 68000, the 68010/12, the 68020 and the 68030.
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