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Computer Architecture (IT-402) - Official Syllabus

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Unit 1

Computer architecture and organization

  • Computer architecture and organization
  • computer generations
  • von Neumann model
  • CPU organization
  • Register organization
  • Various CPU register
  • Register Transfer
  • Bus and Memory Transfers
  • Arithmetic, Logic and Shift micro-operations
  • Arithmetic logic shift unit
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Unit 2

The arithmetic and logic unit

  • The arithmetic and logic unit
  • Fixed-Point representation: integer representation
  • sign-magnitude
  • 1’s and 2’s complement and range
  • Integer arithmetic: negation, addition and subtraction
  • multiplication
  • division
  • Floating-Point representation
  • Floating-Point arithmetic
  • Hardwired micro-programmed control unit
  • Control memory
  • Micro-program sequence
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Unit 3

Central Progressing Unit (CPU)

  • Central Progressing Unit (CPU)
  • Stack Organization
  • Memory Stack
  • Reverse Polish Notation
  • Instruction Formats
  • Zero, One, Two, Three- Address Instructions
  • RISC Instructions and CISC Characteristics
  • Addressing Modes
  • Modes of Transfer
  • Priority Interrupt
  • Daisy Chaining
  • DMA
  • Input-Output Processor (IOP)
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Unit 4

Computer memory system

  • Computer memory system
  • Memory hierarchy
  • main memory: RAM, ROM chip
  • auxiliary and associative memory
  • Cache memory: associative mapping
  • direct mapping
  • set-associative mapping
  • write policy
  • cache performance
  • Virtual memory: address space, memory space
  • address mapping
  • paging and segmentation
  • TLB
  • page fault
  • effective access time
  • replacement algorithm
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Unit 5

Parallel Processing

  • Parallel Processing
  • Pipelining General Consideration
  • Arithmetic Pipeline
  • Instruction Pipeline
  • Vector Operations
  • Matrix Multiplication
  • Memory Interleaving
  • Multiprocessors
  • Characteristics of Multiprocessors

Reference Books

  • Computer System Architecture — M. Morris Mano — Pearson
  • Computer System Architecture and Organization — Dr. M. Usha, T.S. Srikanth — Wiley India
  • Computer Organization and Architecture — William Stallings — Pearson
  • Computer Organization and Architecture — V. Rajaraman, T. Radhakrishnan — PHI
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