ELT 256 Advanced Computer Architecture

1. Discuss current computer system architectures and theories. 
2. Logically troubleshoot a computer, both hardware and software. 
3. Install both the software and hardware needed to set up and troubleshoot a computer system. 
4. Use industry standards to document all work. 

• Review of Digital Logic Circuits 
• Review of Microprocessor Concepts 
• Data Representation 
  • Fixed point representation 
  • Floating point representation 
  • Error detection codes 
• Register Transfer and Micro-Operations 
• The Intel Family of Microprocessors 
  • 8086/8088 
  • 80286 
  • 80386 
  • 80486 
  • Pentium and beyond 
• Basic Computer Organization and Design 
• Computer Software 
  • Programming languages 
  • Assemblers and debuggers 
  • Operating systems 
  • In-circuits 
• Central Processor Organization 
  • Processor bus 
  • ALU 
  • Stack organization 
  • Addressing modes 
  • Data transfer and manipulation 
  • Parallel processing 
• Arithmetic Processor Design and Arithmetic Algorithms 
• Input-Output Organization 
  • Direct memory access 
  • Interrupt 
  • Input-output processor 
  • Multiprocessor system organization 
  • Data Communication organization 
• Memory Organization 
  • Memory hierarchy 
  • Associative memory 
  • Virtual memory 
  • Cache memory 
  • Memory management and segmentation 
• Parallel Systems 
  • Multicomputer systems 
  • Multiprocessor systems 
  • Array systems 
  • Pipeline systems 
• Test Equipment and System Diagnostics 
  • Internal bus standards 
  • External bus standards