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Harrison Njoroge
African Virtual University

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Welcome to Advanced Computer Organization and Architecture

This course introduces students to Advanced Computer Organization and Architecture. Where architecture is a term used to describe the attributes of a system as seen by the programmer. Its concerned with designs and operations of a computer. Computer organization is the way the system is structured so that all those cataloged tools can be used, and that in an efficient fashion. This course has its emphasis on system design and performance.

Prerequisites

Fundamentals of computer organization and architecture

Materials

The materials required to complete this course are:

Textbooks:

Mostafa Abd-El-Barr , Hesham El-Rewini; Fundamentals of Computer Organization and Architecture and Advanced Computer Architecture and Parallel Processing; Edition 2: ISBN-13: 978-0471703808
William Stallings; Computer Organization and Architecture; 5th Edition, 2000
Manoj Franklin; Computer Architecture and Organization: From Software to Hardware; 2007
David Patterson, John L. Hennessy; Computer Organization and Design: the Hardware/Software Interface; 1994

www.ece.umd.edu/~manoj/350/notes/book.pdf iiusatech.com/murdocca/CAO/Sl...DF/Ch10CAO.pdf

ir.nmu.org.ua/bitstream/ handle/123456789/125912/03e2069ba199dcfd9990cb0d2c1e23ba.pdf

http://www.cse.iitm.ac.in/~vplab/cou.../LEC_INTRO.pdf

Computer System

Course Goals

Upon completion of this course the learner should be able to;

Describe different computer architectures
Describe the operation of different hardware subsystems
Analyze high performance computer system.
Compare different high performance computer system.

Units

Unit 0: Fundamentals of computer organization and architecture Recap of this module
Unit 1: Functional Organization
Internal operations in a computer; Micro-architectures; Instructions plumbing and Instruction level parallelism (ILP); Performance Processor and system; Multilevel cache, and cache coherency
Unit 2: multiprocessing
The Amdahl’s law; short vector processing (multimedia operations); The multi-core and multi-processor -segments; Taxonomy Flynn: Structures and multiprocessor architectures; Scheduling multiprocessor systems
Unit 3: Organization and low-level programming
Structure of low-level programs; Limitations of low-level architectures; Architecture support from low level to high level languages;
Unit 4:· Strategies and Interface I / O
Fundamentals I / O: handshake and buffering; Mechanisms of interruption: recognition of vector, and interrupt priority; Vehicles (Buses): protocols, arbitration, interrupts, direct memory access (DMA)
Unit 5: The peripheral devices
Representation of digital and analog values - sampling and quantization; Standards multimedia (audio, music, graphics, image, telephony, video, TV); Coding and decoding multimedia systems; Compression and decompression of data; Input devices: mice,

Assessment

Formative assessments, used to check learner progress, are included in each unit.

Summative assessments, such as final tests and assignments, are provided at the end of each module and cover knowledge and skills from the entire module.

Summative assessments are administered at the discretion of the institution offering the course. The suggested assessment plan is as follows:

1	Class assignments	20%
2	Continuous Assessment Tests	30%
4	End o semester exams	50%
Total		100%

Schedule

Unit	Activites	Estimated time
0	Preview of the pre-requisite Achitecture computer system organization of computer components and systems	6 hours
1	Functional Organization Activity 1.1 - Revision of language to describe the transfer of registration of internal operations in a computer Activity 1.2 - Micro-architectures - Achievements connections by wires and micro-programmed Activity 1.3 - Instructions plumbing and Instruction level parallelism (ILP) Activity 1.4 - Processor and system Performance Unit Assessment	22 hours
2	Multiprocessing Activity 2.1 - The Amdahl’s law Activity 2.2 - Short Vector Processing (Multimedia Operations) Activity 2.3 - The Multi-core and Multi-processor-Segments Activity 2.4 - Taxonomy Flynn: Structures and multiprocessor architectures Activity 2.5 - Scheduling Multiprocessor Systems	22 hours
3	Organization and low-level programming Activity 3.1 - Structure of Low-level Programs Activity 3.2 Architecture Support from Low-level to High-level Languages	20 hours
4	Strategies and Interface I / O Activity 4.1 - Fundamentals I/O: handshake and buffering Activity 4.2 Mechanisms of Interruption: Recognition of Vector, and Interrupt Priority Activity 4.3 Direct Memory Access (DMA)	25 hours
5	The Peripheral Devices Activity 5.1 - Representation of Digital and Analog Values - Sampling and Quantization Activity 5.2 - Sound and Audio, Image and Graphics, Animation and Video Activity 5.3 - Coding and Decoding Multimedia Systems	25 hours
Total		120 hours