NIS 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).

Credits

3

Cross Listed Courses

CPE 514, CS 514

Prerequisite

(CS 550 and CS 570) or Graduate Student or At Least Junior

Distribution

Computer Engineering Program Computer Science Program Information and Data Engineering Program

Offered

Fall Semester