Digital Computer Fundamentals -SYLLABUS

i) Introduction to 8085 microprocessor: - Organization of Microprocessor based system, 8085 p Architecture, Concept of Address line and Memory interfacing, Address Decoding and Memory Interfacing, 8085 Programming Model, Instruction Classification, Instruction Format, Stack and Subroutines, Developing Basic 8085 programs.

ii) Introduction Modern day Computer Systems: - Organization and Architecture, Structure and function.

iii) System Buses: - Computer Components, Computer function, PCI: - Features of PCI bus, Why PCI bus is needed? Concept of PCI Arbitration. Internal Memory: - Concept of Cache Memory, Methods of Cache Mapping, Concept and need for Cache coherency. External Memory: - RAID.

iv) Input / Output - I/O Modules (What are I/O modules? Why do we require them? Etc.), Concept of Programmed I/O, Concept of Interrupt Driver I/O, DMA

v) Operating System Support:- Basic Concepts, Batch, Multiprogramming and TimeSharing, scheduling , Scheduling, Memory Management.

vi)CPU Organization - Register Organization (Classification of registers), Instruction Cycle, Instruction Pipelining.

vii) Concept of Parallel processing: - Multiprocessing: - Organization, Time-Shared Bus, Multiport memory, Central Control unit, Multi processors.

References
William Stallings, Computer Organisation and Architecture ( 4th Edition ) - PHI, 1998.
Andrew C. Tanenbaum, Structured Computer Organisation (3rd Edition) -, PHI. Computer System Architecture - M. Morris Memo, PHI, 1998. John P Hayes,
Computer Architecture and Organisation - McGraw Hill, 1998.
Digital Computer Fundamentals, Malvino Microprocessor Architecture and Programming and Applications with the 8085, R.S. Gaonkar, PRI (3rd Edition)
Digital Computer Fundamentals, Thomas C Bartee, TMG

Term Work
Should contain at least 10 assignments covering the syllabus

Tutorial
Tutorial should contain 5 assignments

Practical
Should contain 5 demonstrations / hands on, covering the syllabus