Microprocessor and Computer Architecture syllabus

Microprocessor and Computer Architecture

• 1 Introduction to Microprocessor (6 LHs)

  • Registers, ALU, control and timing
  • System buses and bus-organized systems
  • SAP1 and SAP2
• 2 Intel 8085 (8 LHs)

  • Functional block diagram and pin configuration
  • Timing, control, registers and buses
  • Instructions, opcodes, operands and addressing modes
  • Interrupts, flags and data flow
  • Basic 8085 assembly programming
• 3 Microoperations (4 LHs)

  • Arithmetic, logic and shift microoperations
  • Arithmetic-logic-shift unit
• 4 Central Processing Unit and Control Unit and (10 LHs)

  • Register and stack organization
  • Instruction formats and addressing modes
  • Data transfer and manipulation
  • RISC and CISC
• 5 Pipelining (4 LHs)

  • Parallel processing
  • Arithmetic and instruction pipelines
• 6 Computer Arithmetic (5 LHs)

  • Addition and subtraction
  • Multiplication and division algorithms
• 7 Input and Output Organization (5 LHs)

  • Peripherals and I/O interfaces
  • Asynchronous transfer and transfer modes
  • Priority interrupts and DMA
  • I/O processors and serial communication
• 8 Memory Organization (6 LHs)

  • Memory hierarchy
  • Main, auxiliary, associative, cache and virtual memory
  • Memory-management hardware
• 9 Laboratory Works

  • Realize operations using an 8085 trainer kit