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.