The design process for computer structures. Architectural philosophies: Reduced Instruction Set Computer (RISC) and Complex Instruction Set Computer (CISC). Processor performance and measurement. Processor organizations. Exploiting Instruction-Level Parallelism (ILP): scheduling, Very Long Instruction Word (VLIW). Managing data flows. Advanced structures -- Course Website
Prerequisites: 313690 (v.1)<br/> Microcomputers 204<br/> <br/> or any previous version<br/> <br/> <br/><br/> <br/> OR<br/><br/> <br/> 2894 (v.4)<br/> Microcomputers 202<br/> <br/> or any previous version
