1> Basic structure of computer
Introduction of computer system and its sub modules,
- Basic organization of computer and block level description of the
functional units. - Von newmann model,
- Introduction to buses andconnecting I/O devices to CPU and memory,
- Asynchronous and synchronous bus, PCI, SCSI.
- 2 >Arithmetic and Logic Unit.
Arithmetic and logical unit hardware implementation, - Booth’s Recoding,
- Booth’s algorithm for signed multiplication ,
- Restoring division and non restoring division algorithm,
- IEEE floating point number representation and operations.
- 3 >Central processing unit.
CPU architecture, Register organization , - Instruction formats and addressing modes (Intel processor).,
- Basic instruction cycle,Instruction interpretation and sequencing,
- Control Unit operation,Hardwired control unit design methods and design examples,
Multiplier control unit, Micro programmed control unit, basic concepts, Microinstruction sequencing and execution , Micro operations, concepts of nanoprogramming, - Introduction to RISC andCISC architectures, design issues and examples of RISC processors.
4 >Memory Organization. - Characteristics of memory system and hierarchy, concepts of
semiconductor memories, main memory, ROM, EPROM, RAM,
SRAM, DRAM, SDRAM, RDRAM, , Flash memory, Stack
Organization. - High speed memories: Cache memory organization
and mapping, replacement algorithms , cache coherence, - Interleaved and associative memories ,
- Virtual memory, main memory allocation , segmentation paging,
- Secondary storage, optical memory, CDROM, DVD
- RAID,.
5 >I/O Organization. - Input/Output systems, Programmed I/O, Interrupt driven I/O,
- I/O channels, DMA, Peripheral Devices, U.S.B.
6 >Multiprocessor Configurations. - Flynn’s classifications, parallel processing concepts,
- Introduction to pipeline processing and pipeline hazards, design issues of pipeline
architecture, Instruction pipeline, Instruction level parallelism and
advanced issues.
7 >SPARC
Static and Dynamic data flow design, Fault tolerant computers,
Interprocessor communication and synchronization, cache
coherence, shared memory
multiprocessor.
8 >Systolic Architectures
Systolic arrays and their applications, wave front arrays.
TERM WORK:
Based on above syllabus at least 10 experiments and one written test of 10 marks
to be conducted.
Text Books:
1. Miles Murdocca, “Computer Architecture and Organization”, Wiley India
2. William Stallings, “Computer Organization and Architecture: Designing and
performance”: Prentice-Hall India
3. Carl Hamacher, Zvonko Vranesic and Safwat Zaky “Computer Organization”,
McGraw Hill
Reference Books:
1. John L. Hennessy and David Patterson,” Computer Architecture A Quantitative
Approach”, Morgan Kaufman
2. Andrew S. Tanenbaum,” Structured Computer Organization”, Prentice-Hall India
