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Course Outline

for

Computer Architecture

Important topics to be

covered in this course

• Brief review of Computer Organization
• Foundations of Computer Architecture
• An example processor: the SRC
• ISA: Design and Development
• Other example processors
• CPU Design
• Advanced topics in processor design
• Input-output (I/O)
• Arithmetic Logic Shift Unit implementation
• Memory subsystems

Review of computer organization

• Perspectives of different people about computers
• General operation of a stored program digital computer
• The Fetch – Execute process
• Concept of an ISA

Foundations of Computer Architecture

• A taxonomy of computers and their instructions
• Instruction set features
• Addressing Modes
• RISC and CISC architectures
• Measures of performance

ISA: Design and Development

• Outline of the thinking process for

ISA design

• Introduction to the ISA of the

FALCON – A

• Learning Aids for the FALCON-A

Other example processors

• FALCON-E
• EAGLE and Modified EAGLE
• Comparison of the four ISAs

Advanced topics in processor design

• Pipelining
• Instruction-Level Parallelism
• Microprogramming

Input-output (I/O)

• I/O interface design
• Programmed I/O
• Interrupt driven I/O
• Direct memory access (DMA)

Memory subsystems

• Memory organization
• Memory hierarchy
• Cache memory
• Virtual memory