Course Description

CP464 Selected Topics in Computer Hardware 0.5

Topics may include computer classes and evolution, instruction set design, hardwired sequencer design, microprogramming, memory hierarchies, concurrency, multiple-processor systems and fault-tolerant systems. Students will be required to design and build a computer, including the design of the instruction set and the control unit.

Prerequisite: CP316.

Official electronic version updated on February 4, 2002

M. Watson, Editor Course Timetable