CMPE 4335 Computer Architecture

A study of the operational units and their interconnections of a modern computer as well as the theory behind the design of the instruction set, control unit, registers, memory hierarchy and addressing modes, bus structures, input/output, and storage units. Similarities between CISC and RISC architectures and related issues such as instruction level parallelism and superscalar processors are discussed.

Credits

3

Prerequisite

Grade of C or better in: [CSCI 2333 or CMPE 2333] and [CSCI 2380 or CMPE 2380].

Cross-Listed Courses

Credit cannot be earned for both CMPE 4335 and ELEE 4380.

Schedule Type

Lecture

Grading Basis

Standard Letter (A-F)

Administrative Unit

Dept of Electr & Comp Enginr

Offered

As scheduled