CAP268: COMPUTER SYSTEM ARCHITECTURE

Course Outcomes: Through this course students should be able to

CO1 :: understand the functioning of digital systems and discuss the working of gates and
circuits
CO2 :: analyze the factors influencing the design of hardware and software elements of
computer system
CO3 :: evaluate the various processor components and their interconnection
CO4 :: differentiate the types of instructions and interrupts in computer system

Unit I
Binary Arithmetic: Binary addition, Subtraction, Multiplication, Division, Logic
Gates, Boolean algebra, Map Simplification, K-maps SOP POS Don't Care
conditions, Number System, Complements, Fixed point and floating point
representation

Unit II
Combinational Circuits: Half-Adder, Full Adder, ICs Decoders Encoders,
Multiplexers, Half-subtractor, Full-subtractor, Decimal adder, Demultiplexer,
Introduction to flip flops

Unit III
Register Transfer and Microoperations: Register Transfer Language, Register
Transfer, Bus and Memory Transfer, Arithmetic Microoperations, Logic
microoperations, Shift Microoperations

Unit IV
Instruction Codes and Instruction Cycle: Instruction codes, Common Bus System,
Timing and control, Instruction Cycle, Types of instructions

Unit V
Central Processing Unit: General Register Organization, Addressing Modes,
Reverse Polish Notation, Three address Instructions, One Address Instructions,
RISC Instructions, Zero Address Instructions, Two Address Instructions,
Organization of stacks, Introduction to pipeline processing

Unit VI
Memory technology and I/O subsystem: Cache memory and memory hierarchy,
Virtual memory and memory management unit, Memory hierarchy, Associative
memory, Cache memory, Input-output devices, Interfacing with IO devices,
Concept of handshaking, DMA data transfer, Asynchronous data transfer

Text Books:
1. COMPUTER SYSTEM ARCHITECTURE by MORRIS M MANO, PRENTICE HALL

References:
1. COMPUTER ARCHITECTURE AND ORGANIZATION by JOHN. P. HAYES,
MCGRAW HILL EDUCATION
2. COMPUTER ORGANIZATION by HAMACHER V C, MCGRAW HILL EDUCATION