2021

Wollo University

Kombolcha Institute of Technology

School of Electrical and Computer Engineering

Course Outline

Course Title: Computer Architecture and Organization Course code: ECEG 3143

Instructor: Wubishet Girma Year: III Semester: II

Target Group: Electrical Engineering ECTS: 5

1. Introduction

 Introduction to computer System and its sub modules

 Computer Organization
 Architecture and Organization
 Structure and Function
 Structure of CPU
 Operation of a Computer System
 Brief History of Comp. Evolution
2. Top Level View of Computer Function and Interconnection
 Program Concept
 Computer Components
 Instruction Cycle
 Interrupts
 Program Flow Control
 Buses
3. Memory
 Concept of Memory.
 Cache Memory.
 Memory Management

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4. Instruction Set & Addressing
 Various addressing modes
 Machine Instruction
 Instruction Format
 Processor Organization
 Execution of complete Instruction
 Design of control unit
5. Pipeline
 Introduction to Pipeline Processor
 Performance Issues
 Branching

Reference Books:

1. Computer Organization and Architecture: Designing for Performance,William Stallings

Publisher: Prentice-Hall India

2. Computer System Architecture, 3rd Edition, M. Morris Mano

3. Computer Architecture A Quantitative Approach, John L Hennessy and David Patterson

Publisher: Morgan Kaufman

4. Structured Computer Organization, Andrew S. Tanenbaum Publisher: Prentice-Hall India

5. Computer Organization and Design, P. Paul Choudhury Publisher: Prentice-Hall India

Assessment: Assignment (20%), Midterm Exam (30%) and Final Exam (50%)

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