Hennessey and D. Patterson, Computer Architecture: A Quantitative Approach , Morgan Kaufmann, 3rd edition (2002) COURSE GOALS: To learn designing and implementing processor architecture and learn to ...

Case studies. REQUIRED TEXT: None RECOMMENDED TEXT: J. Hennessy and D. Patterson, Computer Architecture: A Quantitative Approach , Morgan Kaufmann, 3 rd edition, 2003. Research, survey, and case study ...

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 ...

A computer architecture in which the program's instructions and the data reside in separate memory banks that are addressed independently. Named after the Mark I computer at Harvard University in ...