CLA CS-550: Advanced Computer Architecture
CS-550 overviews the concepts underlying the design of high-performance computer architectures, with an emphasis on quantitative evaluation and the interplay between computer architecture and the design of compilers and operating systems. Topics include: pipelined, superscalar, vector, and parallel processors; hard-wired scheduling and branch prediction; cache and virtual memory-hierarchy design; shared-memory and message-passing scalable multiprocessors. Case studies including RISC/CISC and SIMD/MIMD architectures. This course counts for 4 credits and assumes basic knowledge of computer systems.
Instructor:
Name: Prof. Azer Bestavros
Email: best@cs.bu.edu
Office: MCS-276 (ext: 3-9726)
Hours: Thu 11:30am-12:30pm (or by appointment arranged through email)
Class Meeting:
Time: Tue 9:30am-11:00am / Thu 9:30am-11:00am Place: MCS B31
Handouts and Course Archives:
Maintainer: Azer Bestavros (best@cs.bu.edu) Created on: January 16, 1996. Updated on: April 1, 1996.