COMP 522

MULTI-CORE COMPUTING

Credit Hours: 3 · Graduate

Multi-core microprocessors are becoming the norm. The course will focus on emerging multi-core processor architectures and challenges to using them effectively. Topics include multi-core microprocessors, memory hierarchy, synchronization, programming systems, scheduling, and transactional memory.

Prerequisites & course information

Short Title: MULTI-CORE COMPUTING Department: Computer Science Grade Mode: Standard Letter Course Type: Seminar Credit Hours: 3 Restrictions: Enrollment is limited to Graduate level students. Course Level: Graduate Prerequisite(s): ( COMP 321 and COMP 425 ) Course URL: www.cs.rice.edu/~johnmc/comp522/

Sources

Course catalogue ↗2026–2027