CS 471 - Computer Architecture

(3.00 cr.)

Prerequisite: CS 371 ; or EG 071 , EG 360 , EG 471 . Design and understanding of the computer system as a whole unit. 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 pipeline implementations of processor; hazard detection and forwarding; memory hierarchy design; and cache memories, virtual memory, peripheral devices, and input/output. Same course as EG 478 . (Fall only)