The course emphasizes computer architecture, including the structure and functions of the computer system. Other topics included are top-level view of a computer system that consists of a processor, bus interconnections and PCI. This course also introduces students the topics on internal, external memories, cache memory, hard disk functions and architecture, computer arithmetic, instruction sets, pipelining, CPU structure and function.

1.1 Organization and architecture 1.2 Structure and function 1.3 Embedded system 1.4 Brief history of computer

2.1 Computer component 2.2 Types of processor 2.3 Bus interconnections 2.4 PCI

3.1 Memory Characteristic 3.2 Internal memory 3.3 Secondary Storage

4.1 Hard disk basic 4.2 Structure of hard disk 4.3 Writing and reading the data 4.4 Hard disk performance 4.5 Various types of hard disk 4.6 Factors affecting hard disk performance

5.1 Cache memory principles 5.2 Cache / main memory structure 5.3 Cache read operations 5.4 Elements of cache design

6.1 Integer representation (positive integer) 6.2 Integer representation (negative integer) 6.3 Integer arithmetic 6.4 Floating point representation

7.1 Machine instruction characteristics 7.2 Types of operands 7.3 Addressing mode

8.1 Processor organization 8.2 Register organization 8.3 Instruction cycles

9.1 Pipeline operation 9.2 Cycle time of pipeline processor 9.3 Pipeline latency 9.4 Instruction hazard