COMPUTER ORGANISATION - SYLLABUS

MC9211 COMPUTER ORGANIZATION
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UNIT I DIGITAL FUNDAMENTALS 8
Number Systems and Conversions – Boolean Algebra and Simplification – Minimization of Boolean Functions – Karnaugh Map, Logic Gates – NAND – NOR Implementation.

UNIT II COMBINATIONAL AND SEQUENTIAL CIRCUITS 10
Design of Combinational Circuits – Adder / Subtracter – Encoder – Decoder – MUX / DEMUX – Comparators, Flip Flops – Triggering – Master – Slave Flip Flop – State Diagram and Minimization – Counters  – Registers.

UNIT III BASIC STRUCTURE OF COMPUTERS 9
Functional units – Basic operational concepts – Bus structures – Performance and Metrics – Instruction and instruction sequencing – Hardware – Software Interface – Addressing modes – Instructions –  Sets – RISC and CISC – ALU design – Fixed point and Floating point operation.

UNIT IV PROCESSOR DESIGN 9
Processor basics – CPU Organization – Data path design – Control design – Basic concepts – Hard wired control – Micro programmed control – Pipeline control – Hazards – Super scalar operation.

UNIT V MEMORY AND I/O SYSTEM 9
Memory technology – Memory systems – Virtual memory – Caches – Design methods – Associative memories – Input/Output system – Programmed I/O – DMA and Interrupts – I/O Devices and Interfaces.

TOTAL = 45

TEXT BOOKS:

1. Morris Mano, “Digital Design”, Prentice Hall of India, 1997.
2. Carl Hamacher, Zvonko Vranesic and Safwat Zaky, Firth Edition, “Computer
Organization”, Tata McGraw Hill, 2002.

REFERENCES:

1. Charles H. Roth, Jr., “Fundamentals of Logic Design”, Jaico Publishing House,
Mumbai, Fourth Edition, 1992.
2. William Stallings, “Computer Organization and Architecture – Designing for
Performance”, Sixth Edition, Pearson Education, 2003.
3. David A. Patterson and John L. Hennessy, “Computer Organization and Design:
The Hardware/Software interface”, Second Edition, Morgan Kaufmann, 2002.
4. John P. Hayes, “Computer Architecture and Organization”, Thrid Edition, Tata
McGraw Hill, 1998.