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IT 217: Computer Organization

Credit Hours: 3

Lecture Hours: 48

Course Objective:

This module aims to provide knowledge to understand the architecture of hardware components used in organization and design of digital computers and also design procedures of digital computers. Laboratory work is essential in this module.

Course Description:

Digital components used in the organization and design of digital computers, detailed steps that a designer must go through in order to design an elementary basic computer, the organization and architecture of CPU, I/O and Memory, Pipelining and Vector Processing, Concept of Multiprocessing.

Course Details
1. Data Representation                                                                            LH 3
   1.1 Data Types
   1.2 Complements
   1.3 Fixed Point Representation
   1.4 Floating Point Representation
   1.5 End of Chapter 1 Assignment:

        1.5.1 Computer Program: Write program to visualize the representation of complement numbers, integers, floating point numbers and character data, overflow detection while adding binary data.

2. Register Transfer and Microoperations                                               LH 3
    2.1 Register and Register Transfer Language
    2.2 Bus and Memory Transfers
    2.3 Arithmetic, Logic and Shift Micro-operations
    2.4 Arithmetic Logic Shift Unit

3. Basic Computer Organization and Design                                       LH 7
    3.1 Instruction Codes
    3.2 Computer Registers
    3.3 Computer Instructions
    3.4 Timing and Control
    3.5 Instruction Cycle
    3.6 Input Output and Interrupt
    3.7 End of Chapter 2 and 3 Assignment:
          3.7.1    Circuit Design: Design of Basic Computer

4. Programming the Basic Computer                                                       LH 5
    4.1 Introduction
    4.2 Machine Language
    4.3 Assembly Language
    4.4 The Assembler
    4.5 Program Loops
    4.6 Programming Arithmetic and Logic Operations
    4.7 Subroutines
    4.8 Input Output Programming
    4.9 End of Chapter 3 and 4 Assignment:

          4.9.1 Computer Program: Develop assembler which can execute the program written for Basic Computer.

5. Microprogrammed Control                                                                   LH 3
    5.1 Control Memory
    5.2 Address Sequencing
    5.3 Microprogram Example
          5.3.1 Computer Configuration
          5.3.2 Microinstruction Format

6. Central Processing Unit                                                                     LH 4
    6.1 CPU Organizations
    6.2 Instruction Formats
    6.3 Addressing Modes
    6.4 RISC and CISC Characteristics
    6.5 End of Chapter 5 and 6 Assignment:
          6.5.1 Computer Program: Write program to illustrate the use of different addressing modes.

7. Pipeline and Vector Processing                                                         LH 6
    7.1 Parallel Processing, Flynn’s Classification of Computers
    7.2 Pipelining
    7.3 Arithmetic Pipeline
    7.4 Instruction Pipeline
    7.5 Pipeline Hazards and Their Solution
    7.6 Array and Vector Processing
    7.7 End of Chapter 7 Assignment:
          7.7.1 Case Study: Available array and vector processor; their application domain

       7.7.2 Computer Program: write program which simulates instruction pipeline and arithmetic pipeline. Program generates space time diagram considering pipeline hazards.

8. Computer Arithmetic                                                                         LH 4
    8.1 Addition and Subtraction of Signed Magnitude Data
    8.2 Addition and Subtraction of Signed 2’s Complement Data
    8.3 Multiplication of Signed Magnitude Data
    8.4 Multiplication of Signed 2’s Complement Data
    8.5 End of Chapter 8 Assignment:
          8.5.1 Computer Program: Implement all algorithms learned in this chapter.

9. Input and Output Organization                                                            LH 5
    9.1 Peripheral Devices
    9.2 I/O Interface
    9.3 Asynchronous Data Transfer
    9.4 Modes of Transfer
    9.5 Priority Interrupt
    9.6 Direct Memory Access
    9.7 I/O Processor
    9.8 End of chapter 9 Assignment:
          9.8.1 Case Study: Device Independence I/O Software; USB (universal serial bus)

10. Memory Organization                                                                      LH 4
      10.1 Memory Hierarchy
      10.2 Main Memory
      10.3 Associative Memory
      10.4 Cache Memory
      10.5 Virtual Memory
      10.6 Memory Management Hardware
      10.7 End of Chapter 10 Assignment:

        10.7.1 Computer Program: write program to visualize the advantage of using memory hierarchy.

11. Multiprocessor                                                                                  LH 4
      11.1 Characteristics of Multiprocessor
      11.2 Interconnection Structures
      11.3 Inter Processor Arbitration
      11.4 Inter Processor Communication and Synchronization
      11.5 Cache Coherence
      11.6 End of chapter 11 Assignment:
              11.6.1 Case Study: ARM multicore processors and Intel multicore processors
              11.6.2 Computer Program: Simulate cache coherence problem and simulate solution too.

Course Book

• M. Morris Mano, “Computer System Architecture”, 3rd edition, Pearson Education Asia

References

• Andrew S. Tanenbaum, “Structured Computer Organization”,4th edition, Prentice Hall Inc
• David A Patterson and John L. Hennesy, “Computer Organization and Design”
• Sajjan G. Shiva, “Computer Design And Architecture”, 3rd edition, Marcel Dekker Inc
• Daniel Page, “A Practical Introduction to Computer Architecture”, Springer