CS 6021:Advanced Computer Architecture

3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
Prerequisite: Coursework in computer architecture and operating systems, or CS 5020 as per admissions analysis.
Topics include computer performance issues, instruction set architectures, RISC versus CISC, performance enhancing techniques, memory hierarchy (including cache memory), pipelining, multiprocessor architectures, and implications to operating system design.