2K6EC/AEI 504 : COMPUTER ORGANISATION & ARCHITECTURE
Module I (14 hours)
Computer as a hierarchical system, History of computers, Designing for performance, Computer components, Computer functions, Interconnection structures, Bus interconnection, PCI Bus structure, Data transfer and Arbitration. CPU- Computer arithmetic, ALU, Integer representation and Arithmetic, Floating point representation and arithmetic, Machine instruction characteristics, Types of operands, Types of operations, Assembly language, Addressing modes, Instruction format, Processor organization, Register organization, Instruction cycle, Instruction pipelining, RISC Architecture.
Module II (14 hours)
Characteristics of memory systems, The memory hierarchy, Cache memory principle, Cache size, Mapping function, Replacement algorithms, Write policy, Line size, Number of Caches, Semi conductor main memory organization,DRAM and SRAM, ROM, Chip logic, Chip package, Module organization, Error correction, Synchronous DRAM, Rambus RAM, Cache DRAM.
Module III (12 hours)
Magnetic read write mechanism, Data organization and formatting, Disk performance parameters, RAID level 0 to 6, Compact disk, DVD, Magnetic tape, I/O Module, Programmed I/O, Interrupt driven I/O, DMA, I/O channels and processors, Fire wire serial bus, Infini band. Operating system overview, Scheduling, Memory management.
Module IV (12 hours)
Control unit, Micro operation, Control of the processor, Hardwired implementation, Micro programmed control unit, Micro instruction sequencing, Micro instruction execution, Multiple processor organization, Symmetric multi processors, Cluster computer architecture, Vector computation.
Text books
1. Hamacher C.V, “Computer Organisation-4th Edition”, Mc Graw Hill, NewYork ,1997
2. Stallings William,”Computer Organisation and architecture” 6th Edition, Pearson Education 2003
References:
1.Hayes J.P, “Computer Organisation and Architecture-2nd Edition Mc Graw Hill
2.D.A Patterson and J.L Hennesy “Computer Organisation and Design: The hardware /software Interface”, 2nd Edition Harcourt Asia Private Ltd (Morgan Kaufman) Singapore 1998.
3. Andrew S. Tanenbaum “Structured Computer Organisation- 4th Edition Pearson Education