Faculty of management sciences
Department of Technology Management
Course Code & Title ITM501: Computer System Organization
Credit – 3 Program - MBA (Foundation Course)
Pre-requisites: ITM
Objective:
To provide an understanding of the components of computer hardware and their
interactions, as well as the technological principles driving development in computer
hardware. And introduce to Computer Architecture. Central Processing Unit. Instruction
Sets and Assembly. Computer Logic and Arithmetic. Memory Systems. Pipelining.
Microprogramming. Motorcycling. Parallelism. Interfacing Peripherals, etc.
Course outline:
I Introduction to Computer Architecture
1. History and Evolution of Computer
Systems
2. Fundamentals of Design
3. Performance Metrics
4. Case Study: SPECS95 Benchmark Suite
II Instruction Sets
1. Hardware Operations Basics
1. Registers and Operands
2. Instruction Sets and Representation
4. Assembly
5. Case Study: MIPS
III Computer Logic and Arithmetic
1. Logical Operations
2. Arithmetic Operations
3. Floating Point Computation
4. Case Study: MIPS
IV CPU: Data and Control
1. Datapaths
2. Multiprogramming
3. Multicycling
4. Pipelining
5. Data Hazards, Forward and Stalls
6. Case Study: Implementing MIPS,
Pentium Pro, PowerPC 604
V Memory Systems
1. Memory Hierarchy and Organization
2. Virtual Memory
3. Cache and High-Speed Memory
4. Case Study: Pentium Pro, PowerPC 604
VI Interfacing Peripherals
1. I/O Types
2. Measures for I/O Performance
3. Connecting Peripherals via Buses
4. Interfacing Peripherals with the CPU and
Operating System
5. Case Study: A Typical Desktop
VII Multiprocessors
1. Programming Multiprocessors
2. Networks and Network Topologies
3. Bus Connection
4. Clusters
VIII Special Topics (selective)
1. Instruction-level Parallelism
2. Memory Hierarchy Design
3. Thread-level Parallelism
4. Current Topics
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