Mar 28, 2024  
Graduate Catalog 2019-20 
    
Graduate Catalog 2019-20 [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

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ECE 5580 - Computer Architecture


This course examines fundamental computer system design trade-offs and the state-of-the-art in computer architecture with case studies of current and proposed microprocessor architectures. Students will study datapath pipelining/superpipelining, dynamic instruction scheduling, hyper-threading, improving memory throughout, SIMD parallelism, VLIM/EPIC processors, and multi-core processors.

Prerequisites/Corequisites: Prerequisite: ECE 3570 or graduate student in electrical and computer engineering or instructor’s approval.

Credits: 3 hours

Restrictions Restricted to accelerated master’s and graduate students in electrical and computer engineering.
Notes: Open to upperclass and graduate students.
Lecture Hours - Laboratory Hours: (3 - 0)



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