Texts:

• William Stallings.Computer Organization and Architecture, (9th edition) Prentice Hall 2010

Reference Book:

• Patterson & Hennessey.Computer Organization and Design, McGraw-Hill 2001

Learning Outcomes

By the end of the course a student should be able to:

• Understand the operation of electronic logic elements
• Understand the organization of a computer system in terms of its main components
• Understand the detailed operation of a simple microprocessor
• Understand different processor architectures
• Understand input/output mechanisms
• Understand the various parts of a system memory hierarchy
• Have practical experience of prototyping digital circuits
• Be able to interface digital circuits to microprocessor systems