TDTS10 · 6 credits · Basic level (G1F) · Datateknik
Computer Architecture
Active · next start HT 2026
97%
passed the latest ordinary exam
TEN2 · 14 Jan 2026 · 37 students
96%
passed the ordinary exams, all sittings over the last 5 years
TEN2 · 240 students
17%
Harder than 17% of courses at basic level
Compared with 874 courses at the same level, ordinary exams over the last three academic years. 81 students.
Part of 1 programme
Exam
TEN2 Written examination
- 5
- 4
- 3
- U
Ordinary exams
96% passed · 240 students
- 97%37
- 91%44
- 97%58
- 95%43
- 98%58
Re-exams
91% passed · 11 students
- 100%5
- 83%6
- Pass the re-exam: 91% (11 students), compared with 96% (240 students) on the ordinary exam
- Get 4 or 5: 71% (251 students)
Show small sittings (6)
Sittings with fewer than 5 students, often credit transfers or special sittings. They are not part of any figure on this page.
- 100%1
- 0%1
- 100%2
- 75%4
- 100%1
- 100%3
Other modules
Partial exams, hand-ins and labs. They are not part of the figures at the top.
Hand-in or lab
LAB1 Laboratory work
- G
Main rounds
100% passed · 260 students
- 100%40
- 100%47
- 100%59
- 100%51
- 100%63
Later rounds
No sittings with at least 5 students.
Show small sittings (2)
Sittings with fewer than 5 students, often credit transfers or special sittings. They are not part of any figure on this page.
- 100%1
- 100%2
About the course
Aim
This course will give students knowledge of how a computer works and an understanding of computer architecture and organization. After completing the course, the students should be able to:
Understand and explain the overall functioning of a computer system.
Make a connection between programs and the way they are executed on the actual hardware infrastructure.
Evaluate the complexity of modern computer systems and identify what the main problems are and how they are solved.
Identify the main parameters which impact the quality of a computer system, how they relate to the system complexity and, implicitely, cost.
Understand technical specifications of microprocessors. Describe the architecture of a modern processor, evaluate and compare. Report in written and oral form.
Content
Components of a computer, computer performance, instruction set, RISC vs CISC, arithmetic, pipe-lining, instruction level parallelism, memory hierarchy, cache memory, virtual memory, input/output handling and interconnect structure, parallel programming, GPUs.
- Examiner
- Ke Jiang
- Scheduled hours
- 30 h
- Main field of study
- Datateknik