ECE254A
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ECE 254A - Advanced Computer Architecture: Processor Design
Full Course Title
Advanced Computer Architecture: Processor Design
Course Description
Design and application aspects of high-performance uniprocessors and shared memory multiprocessors. Memory design issues: cache memories, address translation, shared memory buses and switches, transactional memory. Processor design issues: instruction sets, pipelining, vector processing, superscalar instruction dispatch, speculative execution, multicore processors.
Unit Value
4
Maximum number of times course can be repeated for additional credit
99
Maximum Units
99