CP464
 Selected Topics in Computer Hardware
 0.5
Topics will include computer classes and evolution, instruction
set design, hardwired sequencer design, microprogramming, memory
hierarchies, concurrency, multiple-processor systems,
fault-tolerant systems, and language based machines. Students
will be required to design and build a computer, including the
design of the instruction set and the control unit. Extensive use
of case studies.
Prerequisite: CP316 and permission of the Department.