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PAF- KARACHI INSTITUTE OF ECONOMICS & TECHNOLOGY
Course Title: Computer Architecture & Organization

Course Code: EE - 2308
Credit Hours: 3+0
Pre-requisite(s): EE-1497 - DLF
Teaching Faculty: Engr. Kamran Ali Khan
Email Address: getkak@gmail.com

Faculty Contact Hours: 6 hours / week
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Course Objectives: To introduce the concepts of the architecture, design and working of computer
systems.
Learning Outcomes: On completion of course students should be able to:
1.
2.
3.
4.
Understanding of the basic concepts of computer architecture

Apply their knowledge of architecture in practical system design examples
Understand the role of operating systems
Understand the role of LOW LEVEL programming in computer systems
Text Books:
1. Computer Architecture & Organization 7th / 8th Edition William Stallings
2. The Intel Microprocessors 8086/8088, 80186/80188, 80286, 80386, 80486, Pentium and Pentium
ProProcessor (Sixth Edition) - Prentice Hall. Barry B. Brey
No.
Sessi
on
COURSE OUTLINE
Contents
Contents to be covered from

(Book & Chapter No.)
Architecture & Organization

Functional View of a Computer
Structure - Top Level
Structure - CPU
Structure - Control Unit
Stallings Chapter 1
Structure of von Neumann machine

Generations of Computer
Growth in CPU Transistor Count
Performance Balance
Improvements in Chip Organization and
Architecture
Stallings Chapter 2
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What is a computer program?

Computer Components: A Top Level View
Computer Components: Discrete Level View
Stallings Chapter 3
Stallings Chapter 3
Buses: Address, Data and Control

The instruction Cycle
Example of Program Execution
Instruction Cycle State Diagram
The Concept of Interrupts
Interrupts Processing
Program Flow Control

Instruction Cycle with Interrupts
3
4
5
Stallings Chapter 3
Stallings Chapter 3
Stallings Chapter 3
Program Timings:
Short I/O Wait
Long I/O Wait
Stallings Chapter 3
Multiple Interrupts
Computer Modules
Stallings Chapter 3
10
Computer Memory Characteristics

The Memory Hierarchy
Stallings Chapter 4
The principle of Locality of Reference
Stallings Chapter 4
Cache/Main Memory Structure
Stallings Chapter 4
11
12
13 - 14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
Mapping Function: Direct, Associative and SetAssociative Mapping Techniques
Handout
Replacement Algorithms: The LRU
Stallings Chapter 4
The SRAM and the DRAM

Typical 16 Mb DRAM (4M x 4)
Stallings Chapter 5
The working of the Hard Disk

The concepts of Clusters and Slack Space.
Programmed I/O
Interrupt Driven I/O
Direct Memory Access
Stallings Chapter 6 & Handout
The Operating System - Key concepts:

Process, Memory, I/O, & File Management
Systems.
CISC vs RISC architectures
Instruction Level Parallelism
and Superscalar Processors
Stallings Chapter 8
Stallings Chapter 7
Stallings Chapter 13
Micro-programmed Control
Parallel & Distributed Processing
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27
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Introduction to Assembly Language Programming
Brey Chap 2
The INTEL 8086 Architecture
Brey Chap 2 & Handout
Basic assembly instructions

Hourly-I
Brey Chap 4
Hourly-II
Hourly-III
GSS
Student Assessment Information Sheet

A. Breakdown of Assessment
Description
Mark Distribution (%)
Final Exam
50%
Hourly Tests (2)
30%
Assignments
10%
Quizzes
10%
TOTAL
100%
C. Remarks
1. The students whos absentees from the class exceed six (6) shall be dropped from the course without any warning.
[ The name of the student shall disappear from the attendance roll. ]
2. Other than the planned schedule of assessments as mentioned in Sec. B above, there shall be no make-up test of any
kind.
3. All assessed components [60% sessional marks] shall be returned to the students.
4. No claim for any correction, review or scrutiny shall be entertained one week after the return of answer scripts.
The heights of great men, reached and kept,

Were not attained by sudden flight;
But they, while their companions slept,
Were toiling upwards in the night
(Henry Longfellow)
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PAF- KARACHI INSTITUTE OF ECONOMICS & TECHNOLOGY

Course Title: Computer Architecture & Organization

Credit Hours: 3+0

Pre-requisite(s): EE-1497 - DLF

Teaching Faculty: Engr. Kamran Ali Khan

Email Address: getkak@gmail.com

Understanding of the basic concepts of computer architecture

Contents to be covered from

Architecture & Organization

Structure of von Neumann machine

What is a computer program?

Buses: Address, Data and Control

Program Flow Control

Computer Memory Characteristics

The principle of Locality of Reference

Cache/Main Memory Structure

Mapping Function: Direct, Associative and SetAssociative Mapping Techniques

Replacement Algorithms: The LRU

The SRAM and the DRAM

The working of the Hard Disk

Stallings Chapter 6 & Handout

The Operating System - Key concepts:

Parallel & Distributed Processing

Introduction to Assembly Language Programming

The INTEL 8086 Architecture

Brey Chap 2 & Handout

Basic assembly instructions

Student Assessment Information Sheet

Mark Distribution (%)

Hourly Tests (2)

The heights of great men, reached and kept,

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