COMPUTER ARCHITECTURE

Data Representation, Micro-Operations, Organization and Design Data representation : Data types, Complements, Fixed-point representation, Floating-point representation, Other binary codes, Error detection codes. Register transfer and micro operations : Register transfer language, Register transfer, Bus and memory transfers, Arithmetic micro-operations, Logic micro-operations, Shift micro-operations, Arithmetic logic shift unit. Basic computer organization and design : Instruction codes, Computer registers, Computer instructions, Timing and control, Instruction cycle, Memory reference instructions, Input-output and interrupt. Complete computer description, Design of basic computer, Design of accumulator logic. Control and Central Processing Unit Micro programmed control : Control memory, Address sequencing, Micro-program example, Design of control unit. Central processing unit : General register organization, Stack organization, Instruction formats, Addressing modes, Data transfer and manipulation, Program control, Reduced instruction set computer. Computer Arithmetic, Pipeline and Vector Processing Computer arithmetic : Addition and subtraction, Multiplication algorithms, Division algorithms, Floating-point arithmetic operations, Decimal arithmetic unit, Decimal arithmetic operations. Pipeline and vector processing : Parallel processing, Pipelining, Arithmetic pipeline, Instruction pipeline, RISC pipeline, Vector processing array processors. Input-Output Organization Input-output organization : Peripheral devices, Input-output interface, Asynchronous data transfer, Modes of transfer, Priority interrupt, Direct memory access, Input-output processor, Serial communication. Memory Organization Memory organization : Memory hierarchy, Main memory, Auxiliary memory, Associative memory, Cache memory, Virtual memory, Memory management hardware.