Performance Evaluation and its role in computer system design; Instruction Set Architecture design, Datapath design and optimizations (e.g., ALU); Control design; Single cycle, multiple cycle and ...

Examines the basic functional components of a computer system including the CPU, memory systems, and I/O systems. Each of these three areas will be developed in detail with a focus on the system ...

Structure of computers, past and present: first, second, third and fourth generation. Combinatorial and sequential circuits. Programmable logic arrays. Processor design: information formats, ...

For my latest publications, please see my group's publications page. If you are interested in learning about Computer Architecture, please enroll in my Massively Open Online Course in Computer ...

Hennessy and D. Patterson, Computer Architecture: A Quantitative Approach , Morgan Kaufmann, 3 rd edition, 2003. Research, survey, and case study papers. COURSE DIRECTOR: Prof. Nikos Hardavellas ...

In addition to required computer science BS courses, you may take computer science electives in areas such as architecture and operating systems; computer graphics and visualization; data management; ...

[Paul Krizak] took a computer architecture course on the basics of their functioning. This and being exposed to dozens of homebuilt computer projects inspired him to begin building his own 8-bit ...

By completing this course, you will be able to: Write firmware to interact and configure both the underlying ARM architecture and the MSP432 microcontroller platform Develop a circular buffer data ...