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Course Name        MSc IT (Master of Science in Information Technology)

Subject Code       MT0041 (Computer Architecture)

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Computer Architecture Syllabus.

Unit 1: Basic structure of a Computer
Functional Units – Input, Output, Memory, ALU and Control Units, Operational Concepts, Fundamental Computer Architecture – Stack Machine, The Accumulator Based Machines,
The Load/ Store machine, Role of Operating Systems, Bus Structure –Two Bus Organization, Single Bus Organization, The Bus Standards,

Unit 2: Addressing Methods and Program Sequencing
Bus Addressability – big Endian and Little Endian assignments, Word Alignment, Accessing numbers. Characters and character strings, Instructions and Instruction sequencing, Addressing Modes, Stacks, Subroutines

Unit 3: The Processing Unit
Data Path inside a CPU, Single Bus Structure, Two Bus Structure, Three Bus Structure, Execution of a complete instruction, Sequencing of control signals, Hardwired Control,
Micro-Programmed Controls

Unit 4: Main Memory
Basic Concepts, Static and Dynamic Memories, Memory System considerations, Memory Interleaving, cache Memory, Virtual Memory, Memory Management, The VAX – 11 Virtual Memory System

Unit 5: Input Output Organization
Basic IO Operations, Programmed I/O, Interrupt Driven I/O, Interrupt Handling, Types of Interrupts, Direct Memory Access, Synchronization requirements for DMA and Interrupts

Unit 6: Computer Arithmetic
Number Representation- Non-negative Integers, Negative Integers, Infinite-Precision Ten’s Complements, Finite-Precision Ten’s Complements, Finite-Precision Two’s Complements,
Binary Arithmetic, Binary Addition, Subtraction, Overflow and Underflow, Multiplication – Unsigned Integer Multiplication Integers: Straight forward Method, Unsigned Integer Multiplication Integers: An efficient Method, Positive Integer Multiplication, Signed Integer Multiplication, Introduction to Booth’s Algorithm, Booth’s Multiplication Algorithms, Advantages and limitations of the Booth’s Algorithm, Division, Floating Point Numbers, Real Numbers

Unit 1: Computer Architecture
Evolution of Interpretation of Concept of Computer Architecture, Parallel and Vector Computers, Development Layers, New Challenges, Concrete architecture of Computer
Systems, Abstract Architecture of Processors

Unit 2: Pipelining
Introduction to Pipelining, Principles of Liner Pipelining, Basic Performance Issues in Pipelining, The Major hurdle of Pipelining

Unit 3: High Performance Techniques
Measuring Costs, The role of Applications, The effect of Technological change on Cost, Algorithms and Architecture

Unit 4: Vector Processing
Vector Processing Requirements, Super Scalar Processors, Instructions Set Principles, RISC and CISC

Unit 5: Hierarchical Memory Structures
Memory Hierarchy, Virtual Memory System, Cache Memories and management, Cache Coherence, Branch Prediction

Unit 6: Programming Models
Message Passing Interface, Interconnection Networks

Unit 7: I/O Systems
The Role of I/O, I/O System Storage Management, Evolution of I/O Systems Organization, I/O Processors/ Channels, I/O System Support for Multiprocessors, I/O Subsystems

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