Computer Architecture (Hardware Engineering)

 

CSC364: Description, Objectives, Text, Slide Download

 

Description

Architecture and organization of computer systems. Topics include the processor, control unit and microprogramming, computer arithmetic, memory hierarchy and memory management, input/output, and instruction sets.

Objectives

·        To study structures and functions of CPU, Control Unit, Memory, Storage devices, Input/output, and system buses of computer hardware systems. 

·        To relate computer hardware designs (hardware engineering) to current commercial products, such as Pentium and PowerPC computers.

·        To gain knowledge of the state of the art hardware systems.     

Text

Computer Organization and Architecture: Designing for Performance,
Sixth Edition, by William Stallings, 2002.

 

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I. OVERVIEW.

CH01:  Introduction.
CH02:  Computer Evolution and Performance.

II. THE COMPUTER SYSTEM.

CH03:  System Buses.
CH04:  Cache Memory.
CH05:  Internal Memory Technology.
CH06:  External Memory.
CH07:  Input/Output.
CH08:  Operating System Support.

III. THE CENTRAL PROCESSING UNIT.

CH09:  Computer Arithmetic.
CH10:  Instruction Sets: Characteristics and Functions.
CH11:  Instruction Sets: Addressing Modes and Formats.
CH12:  CPU Structure and Function.
CH13:  Reduced Instruction Set Computers (RISCs).
CH14:  Instruction-Level Parallelism and Superscalar Processors.
CH15:  The IA-64 Architecture.

IV. THE CONTROL UNIT.

CH16:  Control Unit Operation.
CH17:  Microprogrammed Control.

V. PARALLEL ORGANIZATION.

CH18:  Parallel Processing.

 

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