Computer Organization and Architecture (BCS302) AKTU syllabus – unit-wise topics
The complete Computer Organization and Architecture syllabus for AKTU, unit by unit. Next to each topic you can see how often it has appeared in past papers, so you know where the marks are.
Unit 1: Introduction & Processor Organization
- Functional Units & Interconnection – asked 6 times
- Buses & Bus Arbitration – asked 11 times
- Register, Bus & Memory Transfer – asked 4 times
- Processor & Register Organization – asked 9 times
- Addressing Modes – asked 3 times
Unit 2: Arithmetic & Logic Unit
- Adders & Look-Ahead Carry – asked 8 times
- Multiplication Algorithms – asked 13 times
- Division & Logic Operations – asked 1 times
- Floating Point Arithmetic & IEEE 754 – asked 9 times
- ALU Design – asked 2 times
Unit 3: Control Unit & Pipelining
- Instruction Types & Formats – asked 2 times
- Instruction Cycle & Micro-operations – asked 13 times
- Hardwired & Microprogrammed Control – asked 12 times
- RISC & Program Control – asked 4 times
- Pipelining – asked 4 times
Unit 4: Memory
- Memory Concept & Hierarchy – asked 11 times
- Semiconductor RAM & ROM Memories – asked 7 times
- Cache Memory – asked 10 times
- Auxiliary Memory – asked 2 times
- Virtual Memory – asked 4 times
Unit 5: Input / Output Organization
- I/O Interface & Ports – asked 5 times
- Interrupts & Exceptions – asked 6 times
- Modes of Data Transfer – asked 13 times
- I/O Channels & Processors – asked 5 times
- Serial Communication & Interfaces – asked 2 times