Computer Architecture and Organization

Catalog description

A survey of the various levels of hierarchical computer architectures and design. The analysis of internal and external memory models, busses, I/O devices, and CISC/RISC processor strategies are covered. Additional topics include the instruction formats and addressing schemes of architectures such as Intel, MIPS, ARM, and the JVM; parallel and vectorized multiprocessors and multicomputer systems; pipelining; parallel programming; secure and optimized programming techniques; coding and compression schemes; assembly programming in MIPS and MARIE.