CS 514 Computer Architecture
Measures of cost, performance, and speedup; instruction set design; processor design; hard-wired and microprogrammed control; memory hierarchies; pipelining; input/output systems; and additional topics as time permits. The emphasis in this course is on quantitative analysis of design alternatives. Undergraduate courses in Computer Organization and Data Structures and Algorithms, OR (CS 550 and CS 570).
Cross Listed Courses
CPE 514
Prerequisite
(
CS 550 and
CS 570) or Graduate Student or At Least Junior