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William Stallings
Computer Organization
and Architecture
9th Edition
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Introduction
Computer Architecture
Computer Organization
• Attributes of a system visible to the • Instruction set, number of
programmer bits used to represent
• Have a direct impact on the logical various data types, I/O
execution of a program mechanisms, techniques for
addressing memory

Architectural
Computer
attributes
Architecture
include:

Organizational
Computer
attributes
Organization
include:

• Hardware details transparent to the • The operational units and

programmer, control signals, interfaces their interconnections that
between the computer and peripherals, realize the architectural
memory technology used specifications
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IBM System
370 Architecture
 IBM System/370 architecture
 Was introduced in 1970
 Included a number of models
 Could upgrade to a more expensive, faster model without having to abandon
original software
 New models are introduced with improved technology, but retain the same
architecture so that the customer’s software investment is protected
 Architecture has survived to this day as the architecture of IBM’s mainframe
product line
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Structure and Function

 Hierarchical system
 Structure
 Set of interrelated subsystems
 The way in which components
 Hierarchical nature of complex relate to each other
systems is essential to both their
 Function
design and their description
 The operation of individual
 Designer need only deal with a components as part of the
particular level of the system at a structure
time
 Concerned with structure and
function at each level
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Function

 A computer can perform four

basic functions:

● Data processing
● Data storage
● Data movement
● Control
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Operations

(a)
Data movement
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Operations

(b)
Data storage
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Operations

(c)
Data movement
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Operations

(d)
Control