GLOBAL INSTITUTE OF MANAGEMENT AND EMERGING TECHNOLOGIES,

AMRITSAR

(CSE DEPTT.)
CAY: 2014-2015
COURSE INFORMATION SHEET
PROGRAMME: COMPUTER SCIENCE AND
ENGINEERING
COURSE: COMPUTER ARCHITECTURE
COURSE CODE: BTCS301
COURSE AREA/ DOMAIN: COMPUTER SCIENCE
CORRESPONDING LAB CODE (IF ANY): NIL

DEGREE: B.Tech

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SEMESTER: 3rd 2014-15 CREDITS: 4

COURSE TYPE: CORE
CONTACT HOURS: 3L+1T Hours/Week
LAB COURSE NAME: NIL

SYLLABUS:
UNIT
DETAILS
I
Register

Transfer and Microoperations: Register

transfer language, Register transfer operations, Arithmetic
microoperations, Logic microoperations,Shift microoperations,
Arithmetic logic shift unit, Design of a complete basic
computer and its working

II

III

IV

Basic Computer Organisation and Design: Instruction codes,

Computer Registers, Computer Instructions, Timing and
Control , Instruction cycle, Memory reference instructions, I/O
and Interrupt, Design of Basic Computer, Design of
Accumulator Logic.
Design of Control Unit: Control memory, design of control unit
Microprogrammed , hardwired and comparative study.

HOURS
9

Central Processing unit: General Register Organisation, Stack

Organisation, Instruction formats, Addressing modes, Data
transfer and manipulations, Program control, RISC and CISC
architecture.
Input/Output Organisation: I/O Interface, Asynchronous data
transfer, Modes of transfer, Priority interrupt, DMA, I/O
processor, Serial communication.

VI

Memory Organisation: Main memory, Auxiliary memory,

Associative memory, cache memory, Virtual memory, Memory
management hardware.

VII

Advanced concepts of Computer Architecture: Pipelining,

Instruction pipeline, Arithmetic pipeline, Vector processors,
Array processors, Introduction to parallel processing,
Interprocessor communication, Interprocessor synchronization

TOTAL HOURS

45

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GLOBAL INSTITUTE OF MANAGEMENT AND EMERGING TECHNOLOGIES,

AMRITSAR

(CSE DEPTT.)
CAY: 2014-2015
TEXT/ REFERENCE BOOKS:
T/R
BOOK TITLE/ AUTHORS/ PUBLICATION
T1
M. Moris Mano, Computer System Architecture, Pearson Education.
R1

William Stallings, Computer Organisation and Architecture, Pearson

Education.
David A Patterson, Computer Architecture, Pearson Education.

R2
COURSE PRE-REQUISITES:
C.CODE
COURSE NAME
BTCS-101 Fundmentals of
Computer Programming
and IT

DESCRIPTION
To familiarize the students of all
branches in engineering with
computer organization.

SEM
1&2

COURSE OBJECTIVES:
1
To generate an
2

awareness among students about the various

functional unit of a computer system.
To help the students to be in position to design a basic computer
system.

COURSE OUTCOMES:
S.n
DESCRIPTION
o
1.
Students will apply the knowledge of the computer
registers and instructions for designing a basic
computer system.
2.
Students will have a comprehend idea about the
register transfer languages and operations for
designing of a c omp le te b asi c comp u te r an d
i ts work i n g .
3.
Students will be able to apply the knowledge of inputoutput organisation and different modes of data
transfer.
4.
Student will have an ability to analyze the design of a
pipelined CPU and the concept of Parallel processing.
5.
6.
7.

Students will learn about the designing of different

types of control units.
Students will learn about the architecture of CPU,
general register organization and stack organization.
Students will have an ability to analyze and evaluate
the memory hierarchy performance.

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GAPS IN THE SYLLABUS TO MEET INDUSTRY/ PROFESSION REQUIREMENTS:

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PROPOSED
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Basic Digital Electronics
Seminar
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TOPICS BEYOND SYLLABUS/ADVANCED TOPICS/ DESIGN:
1 Chip Multiprocessors and Polymorhic processors
Seminar
a,b
WEB SOURCE REFERENCES:
1
www.powershow.com/.../CS5222_Advanced_Computer_Architecture_

P...
2
3

http://freevideolectures.com/Course/2277/Computer-Organization/9
http://freevideolectures.com/Course/2277/Computer-Organization/29

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GLOBAL INSTITUTE OF MANAGEMENT AND EMERGING TECHNOLOGIES,

AMRITSAR

(CSE DEPTT.)
CAY: 2014-2015
DELIVERY/INSTRUCTIONAL METHODOLOGIES:
CHALK & TALK
STUD. ASSIGNMENT
WEB RESOURCES
LCD/ SMART BOARDS
STUD. SEMINARS
ADD-ON COURSES
ASSESSMENT METHODOLOGIES-DIRECT:
ASSIGNMENTS
STUD. SEMINARS TESTS/ MODEL
UNIV.
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PROJECTS
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OTHERS
ASSESSMENT METHODOLOGIES INDIRECT:
ASSESSMENT OF COURSE OUTCOMES
STUDENT FEEDBACK ON FACULTY
(BY FEEDBACK, ONCE)
(TWICE)
ASSESSMENT OF MINI/ MAJOR
OTHERS
PROJECTS BY EXT. EXPERTS
Prepared by
RUBY SINGH

Approved by
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