6EE6.2 DIGITAL HARDWARE DESIGN
 

1. SEMICONDUCTOR MEMORIES: Memory diarchy, different mapping schemes, memory design & memory expansion. Memory organisation, cache, associative memory visual memory, memory management. Status registers, design of shifter, ripple counters synchronous counters, timing sequences. Example of RAM.

2. PROGRAMMABLE LOGIC ARRAYS: Design of PLA, Implementation of logic circuits by PLA,micro programmed & PLA based control logic design.

3. CPU Design: (i) Execution unit:Registers, ALU Design ALU Organisation,concept of bit-slice processor use of co-processors & interfacing. (ii)Control Units:Concepts,Design methods hard wired & Macro programmed Design & CPU (iii) Arithmetic Processor Organisation.

RECOMMENDED BOOKS:

1. Mohammed Raffiqazzaman & Rajan Chandra-Modern Computer Architecture, Galgotia Publications.

2. morris Mano-Digital Logic & Computer Design.