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Computer Data Representation

Basic computer data types, Complements, Fixed point representation,
Register Transfer and Micro-operations:
Floating point representation, Register Transfer language, Register Transfer, Bus and

Memory Transfers (Tree-State Bus Buffers, Memory Transfer), Arithmetic Micro-
Operations, Logic Micro-Operations, Shift Micro-Operations, Arithmetic logical 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 Unit.

Assembly Language Programming

Introduction, Machine Language, Assembly Language Programming: Arithmetic and
logic operations, looping constructs, Subroutines, I-O Programming.

Micro programmed Control Organization

Control Memory, Address sequencing, Micro program example, Design of Control Unit

Central Processing Unit

Introduction, General Register Organization, Stack Organization, Instruction format,
Addressing Modes, Data transfer and manipulation, Program control, Reduced Instruction
Set Computer (RISC) & Complex Instruction Set Computer (CISC)

Pipeline And Vector Processing

Flynn’s taxonomy, Parallel Processing, Pipelining, Arithmetic Pipeline, Instruction,
Pipeline, RISC Pipeline, Vector Processing, Array Processors

Computer Arithmetic

Introduction, Addition and subtraction, Multiplication Algorithms (Booth Multiplication
Algorithm), Division Algorithms, Floating Point Arithmetic operations, Decimal
Arithmetic Unit.

Input-Output Organization

Input-Output Interface, Asynchronous Data Transfer, Modes Of Transfer, Priority
Interrupt, DMA, Input-Output Processor (IOP), CPUIOP Communication, Serial
communication.

Memory Organization

Memory Hierarchy, Main Memory, Auxiliary Memory, Associative Memory, Cache
Memory, Virtual Memory.

Multiprocessors

Characteristics of Multiprocessors, Interconnection Structures, Inter-processor
Arbitration, Inter-processor Communication and Synchronization, Cache Coherence,
Shared Memory Multiprocessors.