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The document outlines a course syllabus for Computer Fundamentals and Organization. It includes 6 units that cover topics like computer components, peripherals, processor organization, memory, and microcomputers. The course aims to help students understand computer organization and memory organization. It will assess students' ability to describe computer basics, discuss components, distinguish I/O devices, illustrate memory organization, and comprehend computer architecture. The teacher will demonstrate hardware and show computer working through models/videos.

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The document outlines a course syllabus for Computer Fundamentals and Organization. It includes 6 units that cover topics like computer components, peripherals, processor organization, memory, and microcomputers. The course aims to help students understand computer organization and memory organization. It will assess students' ability to describe computer basics, discuss components, distinguish I/O devices, illustrate memory organization, and comprehend computer architecture. The teacher will demonstrate hardware and show computer working through models/videos.

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UKA TARSADIA UNIVERSITY

Syllabus, 2021-2022
Course Code: CS3020 Course Title: Computer Fundamentals and Organization
Course Theory Credits: 04 Course Practical Credits: 00
Prerequisites: Nil
To understand the fundamentals of computer organization, memory organization
Objectives:
and working of devices.
1 Introduction to Computers and Logic Circuits [15 %]
1.1. Computer: Introduction, Organization, Architecture
1.2. Block diagram of Digital Computer & its components
1.3. Generations of Computers : Overview
1.4. Stored Program concepts: Vonn-Neumann architecture
1.5. Switching circuits: Switches in series, Switches in parallel
1.6. Logical operations: AND, OR & NOT
1.7. Logic Gates: OR, AND, NOT, NAND, NOR and Exclusive OR
2 Computer peripherals and I/O Interface [20 %]
2.1. Bus Architecture: Address, Data, and Control bus, ISA & PCI bus
2.2. Ports: Serial, Parallel, USB ports
2.3. Input Units – Keyboard, Mouse, MICR, OMR, OCR, Barcode Reader
2.4. Output units – LCD, Printers, Plotters
3 Processor Organization and Instruction execution [15 %]
3.1. Processor Organization
3.2. Overview of Register Organization
3.3. Instruction Structure
3.4. Instruction Cycle
3.5. Overview of Addressing Modes
4 Computer Architecture [18 %]
4.1. Interconnection Units
4.2. Processor to Memory Communication
4.3. I/O to Processor Communication
4.4. Overview of Interrupt
4.5. Overview of RISC and CISC processors and its comparison
5 Memory Organization [20 %]
5.1. Introduction: Memory cell, Memory organization
5.2. Types of Memory: RAM, ROM, Serial Access Memory
5.3. Secondary Storage: Magnetic and Optical Disk
5.4. Virtual Memory Concept
5.5. Overview of Cache Memory
5.6. Memory hierarchy
6 Microcomputers [12 %]
6.1. Introduction: Ideal and Actual microcomputer
6.2. Microcomputer Memory System
6.3. Microcomputer configuration: Interrupts, Parallel to Serial, Serial to
Parallel conversion and DMA transfer
6.4 Special purpose microprocessors
6.5 Microcomputer software
6.6 Applications of Microcomputer: Smartcard & RFID
Course Outcomes:
CO1: Describe basics of computer.
CO2: Discuss the working of computer components.
CO3: Distinguish working of Input/Output Devices.
CO4: Illustrate organization of memory.
CO5: Comprehend the architecture of computer.
CO6: Recognize the microcomputer and its applications.
Course objectives and Course Outcomes Mapping:
❖ To understand the computer organization: CO1, CO2
❖ To understand the memory organization: CO4, CO5, CO6
❖ To understand the working of devices: CO2, CO3
Course Units and Course Outcomes Mapping

Unit
Unit Course Outcomes
No.
CO
CO1 CO2 CO3 CO4 CO5
6
Introduction to Computers
1 ✓ ✓
and Logic Circuits
Computer peripherals and I/O
2 ✓ ✓ ✓
Interface
Processor Organization and
3 ✓
Instruction execution
4 Computer Architecture ✓ ✓ ✓
5 Memory organization ✓ ✓
6 Microcomputers ✓ ✓

Activities/Practicum:

The following activities shall be carried out by the students.


❖ Study of trends in computer.
❖ Study the evolution in processor development.
The following activities shall be carried out by the teacher.
❖ Demonstrating the Internal hardware parts of Computer.
❖ Demonstrate the working of computer by various models/videos.
Text Books:
1. V. Rajaraman - Fundamentals of Computers - PHI.
2. Ron White – How Computers Work – Tech Media
Reference Books:
1. B. Ram, Computer Fundamentals, Architecture and organization, New Age International
Publication.
2. M. Morris Mano, Computer System Architecture, Prentice Hall.
3. K M Hebbar, Computer Architecture, MacMillan Publication
4. Sinha P. K., Computer Fundamentals, BPB Publication

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