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COA Syllabus

This document outlines a course on computer organization that covers topics like CPU data path, control unit, instruction set architecture, memory hierarchy, I/O techniques, and instruction pipelining. It includes course outcomes, syllabus details divided into units, reference books, and a list of experiments and mini projects.

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COA Syllabus

This document outlines a course on computer organization that covers topics like CPU data path, control unit, instruction set architecture, memory hierarchy, I/O techniques, and instruction pipelining. It includes course outcomes, syllabus details divided into units, reference books, and a list of experiments and mini projects.

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CS24108 Computer Organization

L-T-P-Cr: 3-0-2-4

Prerequisites: Programming in C, Digital Design.


Course Overview: The purpose of this course is to impart fundamental concepts of computer
(particularly, structures and functions of computer system, microarchitecture, interconnectivity) and
their functioning, as well as hands-on experiments in simulation platforms or hardware kits.

Course Outcomes – After completing this course, students should be able to:
CO-1. recall computer organization terminologies, as well as fundamental concepts, operating
principles and methods about structures and functions of computer systems and their
components; [Bloom level: Remember; Mapped to: PO-1]
CO-2. explain concepts and techniques in functioning of arithmetic logic unit (ALU), floating-
point unit (FPU), control unit (CU), instruction set architecture (ISA), memory hierarchy
and input/output unit; [Bloom level: Understand; Mapped to: PO-1, PO-2]
CO-3. solve problems on principles of arithmetic/logic functions, control mechanisms, cache,
primary, secondary memory addressing, I/O addressing, instruction pipelining, as well as
their performances; [Bloom level: Apply; Mapped to: PO-1, PO-2, PO-3]
CO-4. use software tools for designing and evaluating microarchitecture in computer system for
given ISA; [Bloom level: Apply; Mapped to: PO-3, PO-5]
CO-5. implement assembly-language programs to fulfill program objectives in computer system
for given ISA; [Bloom level: Apply; Mapped to: PO-3, PO-5]
CO-6. determine pipeline hazards in computer system for given execution sequence. [Bloom
level: Analyze; Mapped to: PO-1, PO-2, PO-3]

Syllabus:

Unit I: (CPU data path) Lectures: 11

(Module-1) Introduction: Introduction to computer organization; Microarchitecture and


architecture of computer system; Structural and functional views of computer system.
(Module-2) Arithmetic Data Path: Unsigned and signed integer representations; Integer
addition, subtraction; Booth’s multiplication; Restoring and non-restoring division; Data
path for computer arithmetic on unsigned and signed integers.
(Module-3) IEEE 754 FP Data Path: Real number representations; IEEE 754 FP standard
representation; Addition, subtraction, multiplication, division in IEEE 754 FP; Data path
for IEEE 754 FP arithmetic.
Unit II: (Control Unit & Instruction Set Architecture) Lectures: 10

(Module-1) Control Unit: Control unit and instruction set; Hardwired and
microprogrammed control; Microoperation sequencing logic; Control memory.
(Module-2) Instruction Set Architecture: Instruction set; CISC and RISC systems;
Instruction cycle and state diagram; Instruction set design factors; Address space and
addressing modes; Instruction sets in CISC and RISC systems.

Unit III: (Memory & I/O) Lectures: 10

(Module-1) Memory Hierarchy: Memory system characteristics; Memory system


technologies; Memory hierarchy; Cache memory; Main memory, RAM, ROM; Flash
memory; External memory; SSD; RAID.
(Module-2) Input/Output Techniques: I/O structures and functions; I/O techniques; Direct
Memory Access: Direct Cache Access.

Unit IV: (Instruction pipeline) Lectures: 11

(Module-1) Processing Performance Measurement: Performance metrics of the processing


system; Processing system classification; Flynn taxonomy.
(Module-2) Instruction Pipeline: RAW, WAW, WAR dependencies; Instruction
pipelining; Pipeline hazards and remedy techniques.

Text/ Reference Book(s):


1. Carl Hamacher, Zvonko Vranesic, Safwat Zaky, Naraig Manjikian, Computer
Organization and Embedded Systems, McGraw Hill, Sixth edition, 2011 (ISBN:
9780073380650).
2. David A. Patterson, John L. Hennessy, Computer Organization and Design: The
Hardware/Software Interface, Morgan Kaufmann, Sixth edition, 2021.
3. William Stallings, Computer Organization and Architecture: Designing for
Performance, Pearson Education, Eleventh edition, 2019.
4. John L. Hennessy, David A. Patterson, Computer Architecture: A Quantitative
Approach, Morgan Kaufmann, Sixth edition, 2019.
5. Andrew S. Tanenbaum, Todd Austin, Structured Computer Organization, Pearson
Education, Sixth edition, 2013.
6. Barry B. Brey, The Intel Microprocessors: Architecture, Programming, and
Interfacing, Pearson Education, Eighth edition, 2009.
List of experiments:

1. Use a logic simulation platform to implement 32-bit ADDER (supporting unsigned


and twos complement addition).
2. Implement 32-bit twos complement subtraction through 32-bit ADDER using a logic
simulation platform.
3. Implement multiplication of two 32-bit integers (in twos complement form) following
Booth’s algorithm using a logic simulation platform.
4. Implement 32-bit ALU (supporting add/sub/mul/div) using a logic simulation
platform.
5. Use a logic simulation platform to implement 32-bit FADD (to support single-
precision floating-point addition in IEEE 754 standard representation).
6. Implement a machine-language program to perform arithmetic operations on signed
integers using an assembler platform based on given ISA.
7. Implement a machine-language program to perform arithmetic operations on signed
floating-point numbers based on given ISA.
8. Implement a machine-language program to calculate average of binary integer series
through usage of different addressing modes based on given ISA.
9. Implement a machine-language program to calculate average of odd integers only
from binary integer series (with subroutine to check for odd numbers) based on given
ISA.
10. Implement a machine-language program to arrange binary integer series in ascending/
descending order based on given ISA.

Mini Projects:

I. Implement calculator to support basic arithmetic operations, exponentiation, unary


operations and conversions on decimal/binary signed integers and floating-point
numbers based on given ISA.
II. Implement interrupt service routine.

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