ECE4706

Advanced computer architecture

(ENG)

Not offered in 2001

R A Jarvis

4 points + 26 lectures, 26 hours of tutorial and laboratory classes + Second semester + Clayton + Prerequisites: ECE4705 + Prohibitions: ECS3372, ECE5706

Synopsis: Von Neumann architectured machines; stack, array processing, pipelined, multiprocessor, data flow and massively parallel architectured machines; systolic arrays, high reliability systems; concurrency, semaphores, resource management, deadlock avoidance.

Assessment: Examination (3 hours): 70% + Laboratory and assignment work: 30%