(Computer Science Courses for Undergraduate Programme of study with Computer

Science discipline as one of the three Core Disciplines)

DISCIPLINE SPECIFIC CORE COURSE (DSC-3): Computer System Architecture

CREDIT DISTRIBUTION, ELIGIBILITY AND PRE-REQUISITES OF THE

COURSE

Course title Credits Credit distribution of the course Eligibility Pre-requisite

& Code criteria of the course
Lectur Tutorial Practical/ (if any)
e Practice

DSC03: 4 3 0 1 Passed NIL

Computer 12th class
System with
Architecture
Mathemat
ics

Learning Objectives
This course introduces students to the fundamental concepts of digital computer
organization, design, and architecture. It aims to develop a basic understanding of the
building blocks of a computer system and highlights how these blocks are organized
together to architect a digital computer system.

Learning outcomes
On successful completion of the course, students will be able to:
● Design combinatorial circuits using basic building blocks. Simplify these circuits
using Boolean algebra and Karnaugh maps. Differentiate between combinational
circuits and sequential circuits.
● Represent data in binary form, convert numeric data between different number
systems, and perform arithmetic operations in binary.
● Determine various stages of the instruction cycle and describe interrupts and their
handling.
● Explain how the CPU communicates with memory and I/O devices.
● Simulate the design of a basic computer using a software tool.

SYLLABUS OF DSC-3

Unit 1 (9 hours)
Digital Logic Circuits: Digital Logic Gates, Flip flops and their characteristic table, Logic
circuit simplification using Boolean algebra and Karnaugh map, Don’t care conditions,
Combinational circuits, Introduction to Sequential Circuits

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 Unit 2 (7 hours)
Digital Components: Decoders, Encoders, Multiplexers, Binary Adder, Binary Adder
Subtractor, Binary Incrementor, Registers, and Memory Units

Unit 3 (13 hours)

Data Representation: Binary representation of both numeric and alphanumeric data,
representation of numeric data in different number systems, (Binary, Octal, Decimal and
Hexadecimal), conversion from one number system to another, complements, representation
of signed and unsigned numbers, addition and subtraction of signed and unsigned numbers
and overflow detection.

Unit 4 (9 hours)
Basic Computer Organization and Design: Stored program organization, Computer
registers, Instruction set and their completeness, Instruction cycle, Memory reference
instructions, Register reference instructions, Input- Output reference instructions, Interrupt
cycle, Addressing modes.

Unit 5 (7 hours)
Input-Output Organization: I/O interface, I/O vs. Memory Bus, Isolated I/O, Memory
Mapped I/O, Direct Memory Access.

Essential/recommended readings

1. M. Morris Mano, Computer System Architecture, 3 edition, Pearson Education, 2017.

rd

2. Linda Null, Julia Lobur, Essentials of Computer Organization and Architecture, 5 th

Edition, 2019.

Additional References

1. D. Comer, Essentials of Computer Architecture, 2 edition, CRC Press, 2017.

nd

Suggested Practical List (If any): (30 Hours)

Practical exercises such as

(Use Simulator – CPU Sim 3.6.9 or any higher version for the implementation)
1. Create a machine based on the following architecture:

Registers

IR DR AC AR PC I E

16 bits 16 bits 16 bits 12 bits 12 bits 1 bit 1 bit

Memory 4096 words

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16 bits per word Instruction format

15 12 11
0
Opcode Address

Basic Computer Instructions

Memory Reference Register Reference

Symbol Hex Symbol Hex

AND 0xxx CLA 7800

ADD 1xxx CLE 7400

Direct
Addressing
LDA 2xxx CMA 7200

STA 3xxx CME 7100

HLT 7001

Refer to Chapter-5 for a description of the instructions.

Design the register set, the memory, and the instruction set. Use this machine for the
assignments in this section.
1. Implement fetch sequence
2. Write an assembly program to simulate the addition of two numbers when one is stored
in memory and another is entered by the user.
3. Write an assembly program to simulate addition of two numbers when both numbers are
taken as inputs from user.
4. Write an assembly program to simulate subtraction of two numbers when one number is
stored in memory and another is entered by the user.

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 5. Write an assembly program to simulate subtraction of two numbers when both numbers
are taken as inputs from user
6. Write an assembly program to simulate the following logical operations on two user-
entered numbers.

i.AND

ii.OR

iii.NOT
7. Write an assembly language program to simulate the machine for following register
reference instructions and determine the contents of AC, E, PC, AR and IR registers in
decimal after the execution:

i. CLE

ii. CLA

iii. CMA

iv. CME

Note: Examination scheme and mode shall be as prescribed by the Examination

Branch, University of Delhi, from time to time.

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