COMPUTER ARCHITECTURE syllabus

COMPUTER ARCHITECTURE
UNIT: I BASIC STRUCTURE OF COMPUTERS
Functional Units T:3-7
Basic Operational Concepts T:7-9
Bus Structures T:9-10
Software Performance T:10-18
Memory Locations and Addresses T:33-36
Memory Operations T:36-37
Instruction & Instruction Sequencing T:37-47
Addressing Modes T:48-58
Assembly Language T:58-64
Basic I/O Operations T:64-68
Stacks and Queues T:68-72

UNIT: II ARITHMETIC UNIT

Addition & Subtraction of Signed NosT:368-371
Design of Fast Adders T:371-376
Multiplication of Positive Numbers T:376-379
Signed Operand Multiplication T:380-383
Fast Multiplication T:383-390
Integer Division T:390-393
Floating Point Nos. & Operations T:393-402

UNIT: III BASIC PROCESSING UNIT

Fundamental Concepts T:412-420
Execution of a Complete Inst. T:421-423
Multiple Bus Organization T:423-425
Hardwired Control T:425-429
Micro programmed Control T:429-445
Pipelining T:454
Basic Concepts T:454-461
Data Hazards T:461-465
Instruction Hazards T:465-476
Influence on Instruction Sets T:476-479
Data Path & Control ConsiderationT:479-481
Superscalar Operation T:481-486
Performance Considerations T:503-505

UNIT: IV I/O ORGANIZATION

Accessing I/O Devices T:204-207
Interrupts T:208-223
Direct Memory Access T:234-240
Buses T:240-247
Interface Circuits T:248-259
Standard I/O Interfaces T:259-261
PCI T:261-266
SCSI T:266-272
USB T:272-282

UNIT: V MEMORY SYSTEM

Memory Concepts T:292-295
Semiconductor RAMs T:295-309
ROMs T:309-313
Speed T:313
Size and Cost T:314
Cache Memories T:314-329
Performance Consideration T:329-337
Virtual Memory T:337-343
Memory Management Requirements T:343
Secondary Storage T:344-359

TEXT BOOK
1. T: Carl Hamacher, Zvonko Vranesic and Safwat Zaky, “Computer Organization”, Fifth Edition,Mc Graw-Hill, 2002.

REFERENCES
1. William Stallings, “Computer Organization and Architecture: Designing for Performance”, Sixth Edition, Pearson Education, 2003.
2. David A Patterson and John L.Hennessy, “Computer Organization and Design The hardware / software interface”, Second Edition, Morgan Kaufmann, 2002.
3. John P Hayes, “Computer Architecture and Organization”, Third Edition, McGraw-Hill, 1998.