Computer Organization Syllabus for VTU BE/B.Tech Computer Science Engineering & Information Science Engineering third sem complete syllabus covered here. This will help you understand complete curriculum along with details such as exam marks and duration. The details are as follows.
| Subject Code | 15CS34 | IA Marks | 20 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Number of Lecture Hours/Week | 4 | Exam Marks | 80 |
| Total Number of Lecture Hours | 50 | Exam Hours | 3 |
CREDITS – 04
Course Objectives:
This course will enable students to:
- Understand the basics of computer organization: structure and operation of computers and their peripherals.
- Understand the concepts of programs as sequences or machine instructions.
- Expose different ways of communicating with I/O devices and standard I/O interfaces.
- Describe hierarchical memory systems including cache memories and virtual memory.
- Describe arithmetic and logical operations with integer and floating-point operands.
- Understand basic processing unit and organization of simple processor, concept of pipelining and other large computing systems.
| Modules | Teaching Hour | Text book |
|---|---|---|
| Module -1 | _ | |
| Basic Structure of Computers: Basic Operational Concepts, Bus Structures, Performance – Processor Clock, Basic Performance Equation, Clock Rate, Performance Measurement. Machine Instructions and Programs: Memory Location and Addresses, Memory Operations, Instructions and Instruction Sequencing, Addressing Modes, Assembly Language, Basic Input and Output Operations, Stacks and Queues, Subroutines, Additional Instructions, Encoding of Machine Instructions. | 10 Hours | Textbook 1: Ch 1: 1.3, 1.4, 1.6.1, 1.6.2, 1.6.4, 1.6.7. Ch 2: 2.2 to 2.10, 2.12 |
| Module -2 | _ | |
| 10 Hours | Textbook 1: Ch 4: 4.1, 4.2: 4.2.1 to 4.2.5, 4.4 to 4.7. | |
| Module -3 | _ | |
| Memory System: Basic Concepts, Semiconductor RAM Memories, Read Only Memories, Speed, Size, and Cost, Cache Memories – Mapping Functions, Replacement Algorithms, Performance Considerations, Virtual Memories, Secondary Storage. | 10 Hours | Textbook 1: Ch 5: 5.1 to 5.4, 5.5.1, 5.5.2, 5.6, 5.7, 5.9 |
| Module -4 | _ | |
| Arithmetic: Numbers, Arithmetic Operations and Characters, Addition and Subtraction of Signed Numbers, Design of Fast Adders, Multiplication of Positive Numbers, Signed Operand Multiplication, Fast Multiplication, Integer Division, Floating-point Numbers and Operations. | 10 Hours | Textbook 1: Ch 2: 2.1, Ch 6: 6.1 to 6.7 |
| Module -5 | _ | |
| Basic Processing Unit: Some Fundamental Concepts, Execution of a Complete Instruction, Multiple Bus Organization, Hard-wired Control, Micro programmed Control. Embedded Systems and Large Computer Systems: Examples of Embedded Systems, Processor chips for embedded applications, Simple Microcontroller. The structure of General-Purpose Multiprocessors | 10 Hours | Textbook 1: Ch 7: 7.1 to 7.5, Ch 9:9.1 to 9.3, Ch 12:12.3 |
Course outcomes: After studying this course, students will be able to:
- Acquire knowledge of
The basic structure of computers & machine instructions and programs, Addressing Modes, Assembly Language, Stacks, Queues and Subroutines.
Input/output Organization such as accessing I/O Devices, Interrupts.
Memory system basic Concepts, Semiconductor RAM Memories, Static memories, Asynchronous DRAMS, Read Only Memories, Cache Memories and Virtual Memories.
Some Fundamental Concepts of Basic Processing Unit, Execution of a Complete Instruction, Multiple Bus Organization, Hardwired Control and Micro programmed Control.
Pipelining, embedded and large computing system architecture. - Analyse and design arithmetic and logical units.
- Apply the knowledge gained in the design of Computer.
- Design and evaluate performance of memory systems
- Understand the importance of life-long learning
Graduate Attributes (as per NBA)
- Engineering Knowledge
- Problem Analysis
- Life-Long Learning
Question paper pattern:
- The question paper will have ten questions.
- There will be 2 questions from each module.
- Each question will have questions covering all the topics under a module.
- The students will have to answer 5 full questions, selecting one full question from each module.
Text Books:
- Carl Hamacher, Zvonko Vranesic, Safwat Zaky: Computer Organization, 5th Edition, Tata McGraw Hill, 2002.
Reference Books:
- William Stallings: Computer Organization & Architecture, 9th Edition, Pearson, 2015.
For all other BE/B.Tech 3rd Sem Subject syllabus do follow VTU 3rd Sem BE / B.Tech Syllabus CBCS (2015-16) Scheme for Computer Science & Engineering/Information Science & Engineering Group.
For all other BE/B.Tech 3rd Sem Subject syllabus do follow VTU 3rd Sem BE / B.Tech Syllabus CBCS (2015-16) Scheme for Mechatronics Engineering Group.
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