Notes for Computer Organisation and Architecture - COA by Rajesh Subudhi

Computer Architecture vs. Computer Organization, Functional units, Operational concepts, Registers, Bus and Bus organization, Memory location and addresses, Big-endian and Little-endian representation.

Fundamental concepts, Instruction format, Instruction set, Addressing modes. Instruction Sequencing, Execution cycle, Hardwired control, Micro programmed control

Basic Concepts, Memory hierarchy, Main Memory, Secondary storage, Cache memory

Addition and Subtraction of signed and unsigned numbers, Multiplication of signed and unsigned numbers, Booth Multiplier, Array Multiplier, Integer Division, Floating- point Numbers and operations

Microprocessors, Instruction set, Assembly Language Programming, Stack, Subroutine, Interrupt, Accessing I/O devices, Standard I/O Interfaces- RS-232C, IEEE-488, USB, Data Transfer techniques