Organisation

Course Info

Code: IF-3-AC

ECTS credits: 2.0

Lectures Hours: 9hrs (6*1.5hrs)

Lab Hours: 16hrs (2*2hrs + 3*4hrs)

Personal Work: 25hrs

Language: spoken French, lecture slides in English, labworks in French (spoken English on request).

ECTS description: EN/FR

Personnel

Lecturer: Guillaume Beslon

Instructors: Jonathan Rouzaud-Cornabas, Lionel Morel, Florent de Dinechin, Louis Ledoux, Romain Bouarah, Guillaume Salagnac 

Course textbook

Florent de Dinechin "protopoly" (This document covers many aspects of computer architecture, including AC and AO. It shall not be considered as lecture notes for the AC/AO lectures as it contains much more information).

We also highly recommend the following references:

• Computer Organization and Design, Fifth Edition: The Hardware/Software Interface - David Patterson & John Hennessy - ISBN:0124077269 9780124077263

• Architecture Logicielle et Matérielle - P. Amblard et al - online pdf (in French)

Assistances / Q&A Sessions

Q&A sessions are organized so you can ask course related questions outside the regular lectures and lab sessions. Q&A sessions are held each Friday (starting October 11) from 1:00 to 2:00 PM in room 501.208.

If you have questions but cannot attend Q&A sessions due to other lectures (humanities, sport...), contact the lecturer.

Non-Graded Progress Evaluation

Several moodle Multiple Choice Questions will be available throughout the semester. These are not graded, but are a good exercise to test yourself on the course and lab content.

The final exam covers the whole AC program (1h30). Labworks will NOT be evaluated in this course.

Final Exam

Thrusday December 18th, 8:30AM-10:00AM  (100% of the final grade)

Annales des sujets d'examen / Previous exams

• 2013/2014 examen blanc ATTENTION : l'enseignant et le programme ont changé depuis
• 2013/2014 examen noté ATTENTION : l'enseignant et le programme ont changé depuis
• 2014/2015 examen noté ATTENTION : l'enseignant et le programme ont changé depuis
• 2017/2018 examen noté Remarque : ce sujet était trop difficile ;)
• 2018/2019 examen noté Remarque : à l'époque tous les documents étaient autorisés. Ce n'est pas le cas cette année (donc le sujet sera nécessairement un peu plus simple)
• 2021/2022 examen noté
• 2022/2023 examen noté
• 2023/2024 examen noté

Follow-up

This course is a direct pre-requisite for "Computer Architecture" (lectured by Lionel Morel) and an indirect one for "Operating Systems" (lectured by Guillaume Salagnac).