COMPUTER ORGANIZATION

MC9211          COMPUTER ORGANIZATION                                           

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UNITI       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.