COMPUTER ORGANIZATION

Paper Code: 
CSC 312
Credits: 
03
Periods/week: 
03
Max. Marks: 
100.00
Objective: 

In this module student will learn the basic structural design of a computer i.e. Register Transfer Language, Control Unit, CPU etc. They will also learn how all-arithmetic operations are done at architecture level. It also explains the basic organization of Memory and I/O devices.

9.00

Register Transfer: Register Transfer Language, Register Transfer, Bus and Memory Transfer: Three state bus buffers, Memory ;

 Arithmetic Micro-operations: Binary Adder, Binary Adder-Subtrator, Binary Incrementor; Logic Micro-operations: List of Logic micro-operations (excluding H/W implementation), Shift Micro-operations( excluding H/W implementation), Arithmetic Logic Shift Unit.

 

9.00

Basic Computer Organization and Design: Instruction Codes, Computer Registers: Common bus system; Computer Instructions: Instruction formats; Instruction Cycle: Fetch and Decode, Flowchart for Instruction cycle; Register reference instructions.

 

9.00

Microprogrammed Control Unit: Control Memory, Address Sequencing and Conditional branching, Mapping of instruction, Subroutines.                                                                    

Microprogrammed Control Unit: Design of Control Unit.

 

9.00

Central Processing Unit: Introduction, General Register Organization, Stack Organization: Register stack, Memory stack; Instruction Formats, Addressing Modes.        

Input – Output Organization: Peripheral devices, Input – Output interface.            

 

9.00

Modes of Data Transfer, Priority Interrupt, Direct Memory Access.                        

Memory Organization: Memory Hierarchy, Main Memory, Auxiliary Memory, Associative Memory, Cache Memory, Virtual Memory.

 

ESSENTIAL READINGS: 

 

  1. Morris Mano, “Computer System Architecture”, 3rd Edition, Prentice-Hall of India Private Limited, 1999.
  2. William Stallings, “Computer Organization and Architecture”, 4th Edition, Prentice Hall of India Private Limited, 2001.
REFERENCES: 

 

  1. William Stallings, “Computer Organization and Architecture”, 6th Edition, Prentice Hall of India Private Limited, 2003.
  2. Malvino, “Digital Computer Electronics: An Introduction to Microcomputers”, McGraw Hill, 1993.
  3. Moris Mano, “Digital Logic and Computer Design”, PHI Publications, 2002
  4. Pal Chaudhuri, P. “Computer Organization & Design”, PHI.
  5. Hayes. J.P., “Computer Architecture and Organization”, McGraw Hill Edition.
Academic Year: 
2016-17
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