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UNIVERSITY OF BUEA FACULTY OF SCIENCE

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DEPARTMENT OF: Computer Science
COURSE OUTLINE FOR: CSC303 2021_2022
COURSE TITLE: Computer organization and architecture
CREDIT VALUE: 6
VENUE FOR LECTURE: Amphi 150 A Friday 13:00-15:00 and CBI 150 B Tuesday 7:00-9:00
VENUE FOR TUTORIAL: Class Room Block I 50 F Monday 13:00-15:00 (online)
NAME(S) OF COURSE INSTRUCTOR AND OFFICE HOURS: Nyanga B.Y. and Tabo D.

WEEKLY TOPICS ACTIVITY


L T P
Course Preliminaries:
 Course overview, syllabus, textbooks; course delivery.
 Discussions on projects. Project details
Recall: Computer structure and organization
 Role of General Purpose Computers
 Units, I/O, Processor
1  Computer Architecture-Instruction Set Architecture(ISA) and Machine Organization (MO)
 Discussions on ISA, and how computers are designed
The Von Neumann Architecture:
 interfaces, I/O, etc
 Different subsytems and Function
 Bus Organisation 
2 Assembly Level Machine Organization
 Overview of Assembly and Machine
 Instruction sets and types (data manipulation, control, I/O);
 RISC and CISC and example instruction sets.
3 Assembly/machine language programming:
 Instruction formats; Addressing modes;
 Subroutine call and return mechanisms;
 I/O and interrupts;
4 Assembly/machine language programming:
 Heap vs. Static vs. Stack vs.
 Code segments;
 Shared memory multiprocessors/multicore organization;
 Introduction to SIMD vs. MIMD and the Flynn Taxonomy
5 Test 1:
6 Digital Machines:
 Simple logic gates, logical expressions,
 Boolean logic simplification (Karnaugh maps) in building/analyzing: combinational circuits.
7 Combinational circuits (continue)
 Sequential Logic circuits,
 Clocks, State, Sequencing.
8 Memory system organization and architecture:
 Storage systems and their technology.
 Characteristics of memory (e.g. static/dynamic, destructive read, random access, capacity);
 Memory hierarchy: importance of temporal and spatial locality.
 Main memory organization and operations.
 Latency, cycle time, bandwidth, and interleaving.
 Cache memories (address mapping, block size, replacement and store policy)
9 Functional Organization:
 Implementation of simple data paths,
 Introduction of instruction pipelining, hazard detection and resolution.
Control unit:
 Hardwired realization vs. microprogrammed realization.
 Instruction pipelining.
 Introduction to instruction-level parallelism (ILP)
10 Multiprocessor
 Cache consistency/Using the memory system for inter-core synchronization/atomic memory operations.
 Virtual memory (page table, TLB).
 Fault handling and reliability.
 Error coding, data compression, and data integrity
11 Circuit technologies:
 PLA, CMOS, etc.; Arithmetic circuits: adders (serial, parallel, etc.);
 Evaluation Technology trends.
 CPI equation (Execution time = # of instructions * cycles/instruction* time/cycle) as tool for
understanding tradeoffs in the design of instruction sets;
 Processor pipelines
12 Test 2.
13 General Revision

Course Instructor: Course Master:


HEAD OF DEPARTMENT

NOTES: L= Lecture, T = Tutorial, P= Practicals

RECOMMENDED TEXT

1. Introduction to Computer Architecture and Organisation 2nd Ed by Harold Lorin


2. Computer Organisation and Architecture by Morris Mano
REFERENCES (Web) www.freebookcentre.net
www.freetechbooks.com
COURSE EVALUATION: Continuous Assessment (30%: two tests and/or projects/assignments) and End-of Semester Examination (70%)
Course Objectives: The main objective of this course is to introduce the students to the operations of a digital computer, Hardware components and their basic
building block. Students will be introduced to the electronic components of the different hardware components of a computer system and how they are
programmed to function.

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