Contents

• Unit 1. Introduction: Objective, scope and outcome of the course

   

  
  Unit 2. Computer Data Representation: Basic computer data types, Complements, Fixed point representation, Register Transfer and Microoperations: Floating point representation, Register Transfer language, Register Transfer, Bus and Memory Transfers (Tree-State Bus Buffers, Memory Transfer), Arithmetic Micro-Operations, Logic Micro-Operations, Shift Micro-Operations, Arithmetic logical shift unit. Basic Computer Organization and Design Instruction codes, Computer registers, computer instructions, Timing and Control, Instruction cycle, Memory-Reference Instructions, Input-output and interrupt, Complete computer description, Design of Basic computer, design of Accumulator Unit.

   

  
  Unit 3. Programming The Basic Computer: Introduction, Machine Language, Assembly Language, assembler, Program loops, Programming Arithmetic and logic operations, subroutines, I-O Programming. Micro programmed Control: Control Memory, Address sequencing, Micro program Example, design of control.

   

   Unit 4. Central Processing Unit:Introduction, General Register Organization, Stack Organization, Instruction format, Addressing Modes, data transfer and manipulation,Program Control, Reduced Instruction Set Computer (RISC) Pipeline And Vector Processing, Flynn’s taxonomy, Parallel Processing, Pipelining, Arithmetic Pipeline, Instruction, Pipeline, RISC Pipeline, Vector Processing, Array Processors.

   

  
  Unit 5. Computer Arithmetic: Introduction, Addition and subtraction, Multiplication Algorithms (Booth Multiplication Algorithm), Division Algorithms, Floating Point Arithmetic operations, Decimal Arithmetic Unit. Input-Output Organization, Input-Output Interface, Asynchronous Data Transfer, Modes Of Transfer, Priority Interrupt, DMA, Input-Output Processor (IOP), CPU IOP Communication, Serial communication

   

  Unit 6.  Memory Organization: Memory Hierarchy, Main Memory, Auxiliary Memory, Associative Memory, Cache Memory, Virtual Memory Multiprocessors: Characteristics of Multiprocessors, Interconnection Structures, Inter-processor Arbitration, Inter-processor Communication and Synchronization, Cache Coherence, Shared Memory Multiprocessors