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CSci 136 - Computer Architecture II

Narahari and Staff

Credits: 3

Computer organization. Design of computer components and design of a simple computer. Pipelined processors and improving performance. Instruction set and assembly language of a pipelined RISC processor. Introduction to high performance processors. Design of cache, main memory and virtual memory systems. Program performance models and system performance.The I/O structure and peripherals. Introduction to networks and network architecture. Prerequisites: CSci 135, 143. (Spring)