mca Syllabus

Syllabus for M. Tech.(Computer Science & Engineering)
(Offered by Netaji Subhash Engineering College under West Bengal University of
Technology)

MCS-101
Computer Organization & Architecture

Digital computer components-- Organization of ALU, Combinational circuits, Hazards of combinational circuits, Sequential circuits, algorithms of addition, subtraction, multiplication and division.
Memory hierarchy, Cache memory organizations, techniques for improving cache hit ratio, Virtual memory organization
Addressing modes, Instruction sequencing and microprogramming, hardware/firmware implementation of the control structure.

Pipelining concepts in CPU design, Pipeline hazards – structural hazards, data hazards, control hazards & their solutions, RISC architecture, RISC VS CISC, Vector and Array Processors, Super-scalar machines, Distributed computing architectures, Hardware support for memory management

Performance evaluation: SPEC marks and other standard benchmarks.

Case Studies: Pentium, Ultra Sparc, Power PC

References:
[1] Digital circuits (Part-I & Part-II)- D.RoyChoudhary [Eureka publishers]
[2] Computer System Architecture – Mano [ PHI]
[3] Computer architecture and parallel processing - Hwang & Briggs [TMH]
[4]Computer Architecture- Hennessey & Patterson [Morgan Kaufman]
[5] Computer Architecture - Flynn [New Age]