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Computer Hardware Design

Computer Hardware Design involves the "logical" and physical architecture of electronic components, such as CPUs, memory, and circuit boards. It focuses on creating "circuit-based technical materials" that optimize speed and efficiency for "Business Information Systems" and modern "university programs."

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Computer Hardware Design

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Course Title: Computer Hardware Design

Course No: CSC384

Nature of the Course: Theory + Lab

Semester: 6

Full Marks: 60 + 20 + 20

Pass Marks: 24 + 8 + 8

Credit Hours: 3

Course Description

Course Objectives

Course Contents

1. Computer Abstractions and Technology

3 hrs

1.1. Performance and Power

The Power Wall and Benchmarking

1.2. Transition from Uniprocessors to Multiprocessors

2. Instructions: Language of the Computer

8 hrs

2.1. Hardware Operations and Operands

Representing Instructions, Signed/Unsigned numbers

2.2. Instruction Sets

MIPS, ARM, and x86 Instructions

2.3. Procedures, Parallelism, and Compiling/Interpreting

3. Arithmetic for Computers

5 hrs

3.1. Integer Arithmetic: Addition, Subtraction, Multiplication, Division

3.2. Floating Point Arithmetic and x86 Real Stuff

4. The Processor

8 hrs

4.1. Datapath and Control

Logic Design Conventions and Implementation Schemes

4.2. Pipelining and Hazards

Data Hazards (Forwarding/Stalling) and Control Hazards

4.3. Hardware Design Language (HDL) Modeling

5. Large and Fast: Exploiting Memory Hierarchy

8 hrs

5.1. Cache Memory: Basics, Performance, and Coherence

5.2. Virtual Memory and Virtual Machines

5.3. Finite-State Machine (FSM) Cache Control

6. Storage and Other I/O Topics

5 hrs

6.1. Storage Media: Disk and Flash

6.2. I/O System Design and Interfacing

6.3. Parallelism and RAID

7. Multicores, Multiprocessors, and Clusters

8 hrs

7.1. Parallel Processing Models: SISD, MIMD, SIMD, SPMD

7.2. Hardware Multithreading and GPUs

7.3. Network Topologies and Roofline Performance Model

Laboratory Works

1.HDL Programming
2.Assembly and Processor Simulation

Text Books

1.David A. Patterson and John L. Hennessy., Computer Organization and Design: The Hardware/Software Interface, 4th Edition.

Reference Books

1.M. M. Mano., Computer Organization, 3rd Edition
2.M. M. Mano., Computer System Architecture, 3rd Edition

Notes:

Source:

This course provides the detailed idea about the design of computer hardware, focusing on processor, memory, and arithmetic operations as well as modern multicore systems.

To provide information on various computer hardware and their design, emphasizing multicores, multiprocessors, and non-functional requirements.

Focus on hardware design language (HDL) programming, x86 instructions, pipelining, and memory/cluster interfacing.

Detailed study of hardware-software interface based on Patterson & Hennessy approach.