COMPENG 4DM4
Computer Architecture
Fall
Topics
- Overview of CISC/RISC microprocessors
- Performance metrics
- Instruction set design
- Processor and memory acceleration techniques
- Pipelining
- Scheduling
- Instruction level parallelism
- Memory hierarchies
- Multiprocessor structures
- Storage systems
- Interconnection networks
Readings
- Ref 1- Patterson ad Hennessy, “Computer Organization and Design” 6th edition Elsevier/Morgan Kaufman Ref 2- Hennessy and Patterson, “Computer Architecture: A Quantitative Approach”, 5th Edition
- Lecture/course notes; Lab manuals; Videos
Sources
- Course catalogue ↗2026–2027
- Campus Store (short title) ↗
- Academic calendar ↗
- Course outline / syllabus ↗Fall
- The outline states that no textbook is required or used.