Microprocessors and Computer Architecture

Semester 2

Syllabus:

Review of Digital Design and VHDL: Combinational Logic; Structural Modeling; Sequential Logic; Finite State Machines.
Arithmetic Logic Unit (ALU): Arithmetic Circuits; ALU; Number Systems.
Microprocessor I: Instruction Data Set. Machine Language Assembly Language; Machine Language; Programming; Addressing Modes.
Microprocessor II: Control and Datapath Design, Single-Cycle Processor Performance Analysis; Single-Cycle Processor.
Microprocessor III: Control and Datapath Design. Multi-Cycle Processor Performance Analysis; Multicycle Processor; Pipelined Processor
Memory Systems and I/O: Memory System; Caches; Virtual Memory; Memory-Mapped I/O; Memory Map; I/O Devices Buses and Organization
Interrupts: A Taxonomy of Interrupts; Hardware and Software Interrupts
Comparison of Legacy and Modern Architectures
Introduction to Microprogramming

Undergrad/Postgrad:

Undergraduate

Evaluation:

PHYS1421 - Electricity and Magnetism, ELET1405 - Practices in Basic Electronics AND CAPE Mathematics (or equivalent).

Course Code:

ELET2570

Credits:

3 Credits

Level:

Level 2

The University of the West Indies, Mona