CSPC-313 Computer Architecture & Organisation | |||||||
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Teaching Scheme | Credit | Marks Distribution | Duration of End Semester Examination | ||||
| L | T | P | Internal Assessment | End Semester Examination | Total | ||
3 | 1 | 0 | 4 | Maximum Marks: 40 | Maximum Marks: 60 | 100 | 3 Hours |
| Minimum Marks: 16 | Minimum Marks: 24 | 40 | |||||
Unit-I
Register Transfer and Micro operations: Register transfer language , register transfer , bus & memory transfer , logic micro-operations, shift micro-operation.
Basic Computer Organization: Instruction codes , computer instructions , timing & control , instruction cycles, memory reference instruction, input/output & interrupts, complete computer description & design of basic computer.
Unit-II
Control Unit: Hardwired vs Micro programmed control unit.
Central Processing Unit: General register organization , stack organization, instruction format, addressing modes, data transfer & manipulation, program control, RISC, CISC.
Input-Output Organization: Peripheral devices , I/O interface , Modes of data transfer: Programmed I/O, Interrupt-Initiated I/O , DMA transfer , I/O processor , Serial Communication.
Unit-III
Computer Arithmetic: Unsigned , signed and floating-point data representation , addition , subtraction , multiplication and division algorithms , Booth's multiplication algorithm.
Memory Unit: Memory hierarchy , processor vs. memory speed , main memory , auxiliary memories , high-speed memories , cache memory , associative memory , virtual memory , memory management hardware.
Unit-IV
Introduction to Parallel Processing: Flynn's classification , pipelining , arithmetic pipeline , instruction pipeline , characteristics of multiprocessors , inter connection structures , inter processor arbitration , inter processor communication & synchronization.