PTCS3351 Digital Principles and Computer Organization Syllabus:

PTCS3351 Digital Principles and Computer Organization Syllabus – Anna University Part time Regulation 2023

COURSE OBJECTIVES:

 To analyze and design combinational circuits.
 To analyze and design sequential circuits
 To understand the basic structure and operation of a digital computer.
 To study the design of data path unit, control unit for processor and to familiarize with the hazards.
 To understand the concept of various memories and I/O interfacing.

UNIT I COMBINATIONAL LOGIC

Combinational Circuits – Karnaugh Map – Analysis and Design Procedures – Binary Adder – Subtractor – Decimal Adder – Magnitude Comparator – Decoder – Encoder – Multiplexers – Demultiplexers

UNIT II SYNCHRONOUS SEQUENTIAL LOGIC

Introduction to Sequential Circuits – Flip-Flops – operation and excitation tables, Triggering of FF, Analysis and design of clocked sequential circuits – Design – Moore/Mealy models, state minimization, state assignment, circuit implementation – Registers – Counters.

UNIT III COMPUTER FUNDAMENTALS

Functional Units of a Digital Computer: Von Neumann Architecture – Operation and Operands of Computer Hardware Instruction – Instruction Set Architecture (ISA): Memory Location, Address and Operation – Instruction and Instruction Sequencing – Addressing Modes, Encoding of Machine Instruction – Interaction between Assembly and High Level Language.

UNIT IV PROCESSOR

Instruction Execution – Building a Data Path – Designing a Control Unit – Hardwired Control, Microprogrammed Control – Pipelining – Data Hazard – Control Hazards.

UNIT V MEMORY AND I/O

Memory Concepts and Hierarchy – Memory Management – Cache Memories: Mapping and Replacement Techniques – Virtual Memory – DMA – I/O – Accessing I/O: Parallel and Serial Interface – Interrupt I/O – Interconnection Standards: USB, SATA

COURSE OUTCOMES:

At the end of this course, the students will be able to:
CO1 : Design various combinational digital circuits using logic gates
CO2 : Design sequential circuits and analyze the design procedures
CO3 : State the fundamentals of computer systems and analyze the execution of an instruction
CO4 : Analyze different types of control design and identify hazards
CO5 : Identify the characteristics of various memory systems and I/O communication

TOTAL: 45 PERIODS
TEXT BOOKS:

1. M. Morris Mano, Michael D. Ciletti, “Digital Design : With an Introduction to the Verilog HDL, VHDL, and System Verilog”, Sixth Edition, Pearson Education, 2018.
2. David A. Patterson, John L. Hennessy, “Computer Organization and Design, The Hardware/Software Interface”, Sixth Edition, Morgan Kaufmann/Elsevier, 2020.

REFERENCES:

1. Carl Hamacher, Zvonko Vranesic, Safwat Zaky, Naraig Manjikian, “Computer Organization and Embedded Systems”, Sixth Edition, Tata McGraw-Hill, 2012.
2. William Stallings, “Computer Organization and Architecture – Designing for Performance”, Tenth Edition, Pearson Education, 2016.
3. M. Morris Mano, “Digital Logic and Computer Design”, Pearson Education, 2016.