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    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: Lucas Chaloyard, Florent de Dinechin, Orégane Desrentes, Bastien Barbe, Lionel Morel, 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 19th, 8:30AM-10:00AM  (100% of the final grade)


    Annales des sujets d'examen / Previous exams

    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).

  • Diaporama des Cours Magistraux - Lecture Presentations[in English]

    Slides last updated ...
    Introduction26/09/2024 - 11h
     Information coding 25/09/2024 - 11h
    Boolean Logic25/09/2024 - 11h
    Combinatorial Circuits 25/09/2024 - 11h 
    Arithmetic Circuits25/09/2024 - 11h 
     Sequential Circuits and Memories  25/09/2024 - 11h 
    FSM 25/09/2024 - 11h 
    ASM and von Neumann machines 25/09/2024 - 11h 





  • TD-TP / Labs

    Labworks (aka "TD/TP") subjects are grouped into a single booklet available in electronic version below. This booklet contains all the labwork subjects for the AC lecture (TD1&2, TP1-3). Note that it is not planned to distribute hard copies of this booklet. The booklet contains important instructions regarding the specific organization of labworks. Please read them carefully.

    During lab sessions we will simulate digital circuits using the Digital software. Digital is a easy-to-use digital logic designer and circuit simulator designed for educational purposes. It is a multiplatform free software (Java) so you can download it and use it on your own machine: https://github.com/hneemann/Digital


  • QCM d'auto-évaluation/ Self-assessment: MCQ

    MCQ will be opened during one week, from Monday morning 8h to Sunday evening 23:59. Each MCQ lasts 30 minutes (starting from the first connexion to the platform). Each MCQ contains 20 questions. The three MCQ will cover the following topics


    • MCQ 1 : Information coding, Boolean logic, Combinatorial circuits
    • MCQ 2 : Information coding, Boolean logic, Combinatorial circuits, Sequential circuits, registers and memories, FSM
    • MCQ 3 : Everything