CSCI 5100 - Computer Architecture: Advanced Concepts

(3 credits)

Prerequisites: CSCI 4717 or CSCI 5717 or consent of the instructor. A detailed view of recent advances in computer architecture. Topics include shortcomings of the classic Von Neumann model; language-directed architectures; object-oriented architectures; data-flow architectures; RISC architectures; parallel processing; basic classification schemes (Flynn’s taxonomy, etc); pipeline, vector, and array processing supercomputers; special-purpose architectures; associative memory and associative processors; microprogramming concepts; fault-tolerant computers; interrupts and I/O processing; computer systems performance measurement and evaluation. Laboratory use of the computer in designing, coding, debugging, and executing programs is an integral part of the course. (irregular)

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