Adv Computer Architecture

Catalog description

A review of the fundamentals of computer design and instruction set principles, followed by the study of the basic principles underlying the design of today's computers, including advanced pipelining, instruction-level parallelism, memory-hierarchy design, storage systems, interconnection networks, and multiprocessors. Real examples, measurements on real machines, cost/performance tradeoffs, and good engineering design are emphasized. Restricted to Majors of MSCS, MSSWE, and PhDCSCI.