Course Description : Digital components used in the organization and design of digital computers, detailed steps that a designer must go through in order to design an elementary basic computer, the organization and architecture of CPU, I/O and Memory, Pipelining and Vector Processing, and Concept of Multiprocessing.

Course Objective : This module aims to provide knowledge to understand the architecture of hardware components used in organization and design of digital computers and also design procedures of digital computers.

Course Contents:

Text Books:

• M. Morris Mano, “Computer System Architecture”, 3rd edition, Pearson Education Asia

Reference Books:

• Andrew S. Tanenbaum, “Structured Computer Organization”,4th edition, Prentice Hall Inc
• David A Patterson and John L. Hennesy, “Computer Organization and Design”
• Sajjan G. Shiva, “Computer Design And Architecture”, 3rd edition, Marcel Dekker Inc
• Daniel Page, “A Practical Introduction to Computer Architecture”, Springer