Syllabus:
Basic functional blocks of a computer: CPU, memory, input-output subsystems, control unit. Instruction set architecture of a CPU - registers, instruction execution cycle, RTL interpretation of instructions, addressing modes, instruction set. Case study - instruction sets of some common CPUs. Assembly Programming (SPIM).
Data representation: signed number representation, fixed and floating point representations, character representation. Computer arithmetic - integer addition and subtraction, ripple carry adder, carry look-ahead adder, etc. multiplication - shift-and-add, Booth multiplier, carry save multiplier, etc. Division - non-restoring and restoring techniques, floating point arithmetic. Verilog Designs and FPGA Prototyping of Architectures.
CPU control unit design: hardwired and micro-programmed design approaches, Case study - design of a simple hypothetical CPU.
Memory system design: semiconductor memory technologies, memory organization.
Peripheral devices and their characteristics: Input-output subsystems, I/O transfers - program controlled, interrupt driven and DMA, privileged and non-privileged instructions, software interrupts and exceptions. Programs and processes - role of interrupts in process state transitions.
Performance enhancement techniques
Pipelining: Basic concepts of pipelining, throughput and speedup, pipeline hazards.
Memory organization: Memory interleaving, concept of hierarchical memory organization, cache memory, cache size vs block size, mapping functions, replacement algorithms, write policy.
Text Books:
Computer Organization and Design, 4th Ed, D. A. Patterson and J. L. Hennessy
Computer Architecture, Berhooz Parhami
Microprocessor Architecture, Jean Loup Baer
Evaluation Procedure:
Class Test : 20 marks
Mid Semester Examination : 30 marks
End Term Examination : 50 marks
Class Rooms and Schedule:
Section 1 (Serial Numbers 1 - 80) - Class Room NC442
Section 2 (Remaining) - Class Room NC443
Monday: 12-12:55
Tuesday: 10-11:55
Thursday: 8-8:55
Class Instructors:
Prof Debdeep Mukhopadhyay (Section 1), cse.iitkgp.ac.in/~debdeep
Dr Sarani Bhattacharya (Section 2), https://sites.google.com/view/drsaranibhattacharya/bio
Course Link and Materials:
Moodle course link for students: COAT@Student#