CS 625 - Advanced Computer Architecture

Units: 3
Analysis and design of computer architecture. Topics may include: Processor: instruction set principles, building data path, Instruction Pipelining: data/control hazards, Memory Hierarchy: caches, virtual memory, data/thread-level parallelism, multicore and distributed processors. Programming assignments and review of literature.

Prerequisites: CS 421 or CS 621.
Credit Restrictions: Computer Science M.S. or B.S. students only.
Possible Instructional Methods: Entirely On-ground.
Grading: A-F grading only.