Module I (15 hours)
8086 Architecture, Block diagram – Addressing modes – Instructions set of 8086 – data
transfer – arithmetic – branch – loop – flag manipulation – shift & rotate – string instructions
– writing simple program in 8086.

Module II (9 hours)
Additional features of 80286 – protected mode memory addressing – Additional features of
80386 – Paging mechanism (Flat memory model) – Additional features of Pentium
Processors – Brief study of latest processors of Intel & AMD – Dual core processor(Brief idea
only) .
Note: Architecture not required for the processors discussed in this module.

Module III: Peripherals (11 hours)
Study of motherboards – Different types of ports, slots and connectors – Processor Bus, AGP,
PCI – Add-on cards – USB – Hard Disk Interfaces – IDE, ATA, Power supply – SMPS –
function & operations.

Module IV: Storage Devices (15 hours)
Magnetic data storage: Principles – Hard disks – Cylinders – Clusters – Tracks and Sectors –
Disk formatting – Partitioning – Hard disk drive operation – Data Transfer rates – Data
addressing – CHS addressing – Logical Block Addressing.
Optical storage: CD Technology, CD ROM, CD-R, CD-RW, Interface – Magneto optical
drives – DVD – RAID – Blu-ray disc.

Module V (10 hours)
Memory: Parity – ECC – Memory Addressing – 640 KB barrier – Extended and Expanded
memory – HMA – Video memory – Flash Memory – Pen drive – Advanced memory
technologies.