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. |