Computer system architecture (CSA) Syllabus

1. Introduction to Computer Organization & Architecture:
2. Evolution  of  Computers    from    1st  Generation  to  Pentium  and
3. Power PC        
4. Von Neumann machine Flynn's Classification - SISD, SIMD, MISD,
5. MIMD
6. Basic Computer Organization:    
7. Computer Registers, Instruction Codes, Computer Instructions
8. Timing and Control, Instruction Cycle
9. Memory Reference Instructions
10. Input-Output and Interrupt
11. Complete Computer Description
12. Basic Computer Organization taking 8085 as an example
13. binary arithmetic - add, subtract, multiply - algorithms and
14. Microprogrammed Control: Control Memory, Address Sequencing,
15. Micro program Example
16. Design of Control unit:
17. Central Processing Unit introduction
18. General Register Organization
19. Stack Organization. Instruction Format ( Three address, Two
20. Address, One address, Zero address),
21. Program Control:
22. Status bits, Conditional Branch Instructions, Program Interrupts
23. & Types
24. Addressing Modes, Data Transfer and Manipulation
25. Program control, RISC/CISC Characteristics
26. Pipelining and Instruction cycle:
27. Parallel processing, Pipelining, Arithmetic pipelining
28. Input-Output Organization:
29. Peripheral Devices, I/O Interface Asynchronous Data Transfer,
30. Modes of Transfer
31. Direct Memory Access(DMA),DMA Transfer, DMA Controller
32. Input-Output Processor(IOP), CPU-IOP Communication
33. Memory Organization:
34. Memory Hierarchy Main Memory(RAM & ROM Chips), Auxiliary
35. Memory(Magnetic Disc & Tapes) Associative Memory Cache
36. Memory(Associative Mapping,
37. Direct Mapping, Set-Associative Mapping), Virtual Memory