ECE4705

Computer architecture ( 4 points, SCA Band 2, 0.083 EFTSL)

Leader: A Price

Offered:
Clayton First semester 2006 (Day)
Malaysia First semester 2006 (Day)

Synopsis: The study of high performance computer architectures, pipeline parallelism, datapath control, hazards including data and branch, branch prediction, memory organisation, caches, virtual memory, superscalar architectures and parallel computer architectures.

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

Contact Hours: 26 lectures, 26 hours of practice classes and laboratory classes

Prerequisites: ECE3703