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CISC 7302X Computer Architecture

(Prior to Fall 2010, this course was known as CIS 742.1.
The information below might still reflect the old course numbers. Bracketed numbers, if any, are the old course numbers. Learn more...)

37½ hours plus conference and independent work; 3 credits

Digital circuits and logic design. Gates, registers, counters, bus transfer. The arithmetic unit and machine algorithms for high-speed arithmetic. The control unit. Memory design and the analysis of hierarchical memory systems and their management. Input-output and communication techniques. Microprogramming. Comparison of advanced systems including multiprocessors, stack machines, parallel and pipeline processors, associative computers.

Prerequisite: An undergraduate course in computer organization.

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