COMPUTER ORGANIZATION

UNIT 1 :

1.       Basic of a Computer System :

1.1     View of a computer as an integrated system.
1.2     A brief history of computers.
1.3     Evolution of computer systems.
1.4     Characteristics of a computer system.
1.5     Merits and demerits of a computer system.
1.6     Block diagram of a computer system.
1.7     The working of a computer system.

2.       Data Representation :

2.1     Number system. Conversion of the number from one system to another.
2.2     Binary Arithmetic.
2.3     Alphanumeric codes for character representation.
2.4     Units of memory measurement.

UNIT 2 :

3.       Central Processing Unit.

3.1     Function of CPU
3.2     General register organization.
3.3     Need for stack and stack organization.
3.4     Instruction format.
3.5     Addressing modes.
3.6     Instruction pipelining.
3.7     The Pentium and power PC processors.

4.       Input-Output Organization.

4.1     Peripheral device
4.2     Input-Output interface.
4.3     Asynchronous data transfer.
4.4     Nodes of transfer.
4.5     Direct memory access (DMA).
4.6     I/O processor.

UNIT 3 :

5.       Memory Organization.

5.1     Memory hierarchy.
5.2     Main memory RAM and ROM.
5.3     EDO, FPM, RDRAM, SGRAM, VRAM, WRAM.
5.4     Cache memory.
5.5     Auxiliary memory.
5.6     Virtual Memory.

6 System Buses.

6.1     Interconnection structures.
6.2     Bus Interconnection.
6.3     ISA, ESIA, VESA, MCI, SCSI.
6.4     The FCI bus and the Futurebus+.
6.5     The PCMCIA standard.