Course Objectives

The aims of this course:

• Understand the basics of organizational and architectural issues of a digital computer system.
• Study the VHDL language execution.
• Explain the concepts of Operation System Support, Instruction Sets, Processor Structure and Function, and Reduced Instruction Set Computers.
• Discuss Instruction-Level Parallelism and Superscalar Processors.
• Study Control Unit Operation and Microprogrammed Control.
• Learn Parallel Processing, Multicore Computers.
• Analyze performance issues in processor.
• Explain Processor Virtualization, Domain-Specific Computer Architectures.
• Study Cybersecurity and Confidential Computing Architectures, Self-Driving Vehicle Architectures, Quantum Computing, and Future Direction in Computer Architectures.

Learning Objectives

The successful completion of this course, Student will be able to:

• Discuss the evolution of the operation systems for early simply batch system to modern complex systems.
• Understand the reason for memory partitioning and explain the various techniques that are used.
• Assess the relative advantages of paging and segmentation and define virtual memory.
• Present an overview of essential characteristics of machine instructions.
• Summarize the issues and trade-offs involved in designing an instruction format.
• Understand the distinction between machine language and assembly language.
• Discuss the principle behind instruction pipelining and how it works in practice.
• List and explain key approaches to pipeline optimization on a RISC machine.
• Compare techniques of improving pipeline performance in RICS machines and superscalar machines.
• Understand the difference between hardwired control and microprogrammed control.
• Summarize the types of parallel processor organizations.
• Understand the hardware performance issues that have driven the move to multicore computers.

Reference Materials

Reference Book's Photo	Reference Book's Materials
	“Computer Architecture and Organization” by John P. 3rd edition. ©1998 by The’ McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.
	“Structure Computer Organization” by Andrew S. Tanenbaum & Told Austin, 6th Edition, © 2013 Pearson Education, Inc.,
	“Computer Organization and Architecture”, 11th Edition by William Stallings, © Pearson Education Limited 2022.
	“Computer Architecture and Organization” by S.P. Wang, © Higher Education Press 2021
	“Modern Computer Architecture and Organization”, 2nd Edition by Jim Ledin, ©2022 Packet Publishing.
	6. “Digital Design and Computer Architecture RISC-V Edition” by Sarah Harris, David Harris.

Assessment Plan