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Overview of Computer Architecture – Computer components, Performance design & Assessment-
Multicore, MICS & GPGPUS – Computer functions and Interconnection - Case Study: Evolution of Intel
x86 architecture

UNIT II ARITHMETIC & LOGIC UNIT 9
Design of ALU, Integer Arithmetic: Addition, Subtraction, Multiplication and Division - Floating Point
Arithmetic: Representation, Addition, subtraction, Multiplication & Division

UNIT III CENTRAL PROCESSING UNIT 9
MIPS Instruction Set: Machine instruction characteristics– Data path, Operations & operands,
Representing instructions, Logical operations – Instructions for decision making- Addressing modes -
Case Study: Intel x86 Operation Types

UNIT IV PARALLELISM 9
Pipelining & Instruction cycle – pipelining strategy – pipeline hazards – dealing with branches – RISC &
CISC – Super scalar – Instruction level parallelism – Flynn’s taxanomy – Multithreading - Multicore
Processor - Case Study: Key Elements of ARM 11 MPCORE

UNIT V MEMORY & I/O 9
Characteristics of memory systems – Hierarchy of memory – Cache design and measuring performance –
I/O modules – Programmed I/O – Interrupts & its types – DMA – I/O Processors – Virtual memory –
TLB – Case Study: RAID
TOTAL : 45 PERIODS
OUTCOMES:
On the completion of the course, the students will be able to
 apply the knowledge of performance metrics to find the performance of systems.
 perform computer arithmetic operations.
 understand the impact of instruction set architecture on cost-performance of computer design.
 evaluate the performance of memory systems.
 develop the system skills in the content of computer system design.

TEXT BOOKS:
1. William Stallings, “Computer Organization and Architecture Designing for performance”, PHI
Pvt. Ltd., Eastern Economy Edition, Ninth Edition, 2013

REFERENCES :
1. David A Patterson and John L. Hennessy, “Computer Organization and Design: The
Hardware/Software Interface”, Morgan Kaufmann,5th Edition,2014.’
2. John P Hayes, “Computer Architecture and Organization”, McGraw Hill, Third Edition, 2002.
3. V Carl Hamacher, Zvonks Vranesic and SafeaZaky, “Computer Organization”, Sixth Edition,
2012.

PROFESSIONAL ELECTIVES FOR SEMESTER VIII

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