Test 1 Syllabus

CSCE 2610: Computer Organization

Instructor: Dr. Saraju P. Mohanty

NOTE: This is closed book/text examination.

1. Basics of Digital Computer
2. Types and Classes of Computers
3. Understanding Performance
4. Hardware / Software layers
5. Introduction to Instruction set architecture
6. Levels of Program Code
7. Instruction execution cycle
8. Components of digital computers
9. Motherboard
   
10. Concept of microprocessor
11. Chip manufacturing process
12. Volatile vs. Non-volatile memory
    
13. Technology trend: Processor, Memory, Disk, Performance
14. Moore’s Law
15. Defining Performance
16. Response Time and Throughput
17. Relative Performance
18. Measuring Execution Time
19. CPU Time
20. Instruction Count and CPI
21. Power
22. Integrated Circuit Cost
23. CPU Benchmarks
24. Amdahl’s Law
25. Millions of Instructions Per Second

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