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Catalog : EECE.5821 Computer Architecture and Design (Formerly 16.561/EECE.5610)

EECE.5821 — Graduate

Id: 003301 Offering: 1 Credits: 3-3

Description

Structure of computers, past and present: first, second, third and fourth generation. Combinatorial and sequential circuits. Programmable logic arrays. Processor design: information formats, instruction formats, arithmetic operations and parallel processing. Hardwired and microprogrammed control units. Virtual, sequential and cache memories. Input-output systems, communication and bus control. Multiple CPU systems.

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EECE.5821 — Online and Continuing Education

Id: 003301 Offering: 2 Credits: 3-3

Description

Structure of computers, past and present: first, second, third and fourth generation. Combinatorial and sequential circuits. Programmable logic arrays. Processor design: information formats, instruction formats, arithmetic operations and parallel processing. Hardwired and microprogrammed control units. Virtual, sequential and cache memories. Input-output systems, communication and bus control. Multiple CPU systems.

Prerequisites

Students with a CSCE or UGRD career need permission to take Graduate Level Courses.

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