| Course Name | Computer Architecture |
| Course Code | EEE |
| Program | B. Tech. in Electrical and Electronics Engineering |
| Semester | 4 |
| Credits | Campus: Bengaluru, Chennai, Coimbatore, Amritapuri |
| Year Taught | 2015 |
| Year Taught | 2016 |
| Year Taught | 2017 |
| Year Taught | 2018 |
Basic Concepts – Evolution of Computers- currently available computers. Memory – primary and secondary memory, input and output (terminals, mice, printer, camera), Gates, basic logic circuits, memory in digital logic – latches, flip-flop, register. Memory organization, RAM, ROM, cache, virtual memory (paging, segmentation),CD, blu-ray.
Arithmetic -Processors, computer arithmetic, CPU chips and Buses (ISA, PCI, PCI express, Universal Serial bus), Pentium processor, PowerPC processor, RISC vs CISC Combinational and sequential ALU, pipeline processing.
Control unit, Hardwired control, CPU control unit, pipeline control Parallel computer architecture – multi-threading, multi processors, co-processors, shared memory multi processors, message passing multi-computers.
‘Computer Architecture’ is a course offered in B. Tech. in Electrical and Electronics Engineering program at School of Engineering, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham.
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