Textbook : Logic and Computer Design Fundamentals (2nd edition) by M. M. Mano and C. R. Kime, Prentice Hall.

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Course objectives : This course is about the design of digital systems. Students will be taught about the building of the individual components of a computer such as ALU, register file, and RAM, and how to put them together in constructing a computer. Students will also learn about different issues in computer design such as hardwired control versus microprogrammed control and their implementations. Upon completion of this course, the students should have a good understanding of the different parts of a computer, the different design choices for the parts, and how they work together. You will be able to acquire practical working knowledge of creating digital circuits using some commercial Computer-Aided Design(CAD) tools.

Prerequisites : CDA3201 - Computer Logic Design and CDA3201L - Computer Logic Design Lab

Corequisites : CDA4203L - Computer System Design Lab

The main Chapters :

1. Basics of logic design
2. Design of combinational functional blocks (decoders, multiplexers, adder, multipliers, etc.)
3. Sequential circuit design basics
4. Design of sequential functional blocks -- registers and counters
5. Memory -- RAM and ROM
6. Building simple and pipelined datapaths (ALU, register file and their interconnection paths)
7. Concept of register transfers
8. Sequencing and control -- hardwired control and microprogrammed control
9. Instruction set architecture
10. Putting all together -- a single-cycle computer, a multi-cycle computer, and a pipelined computer.