ECE4706

Advanced computer architecture ( 4 points, SCA Band 2, 0.083 EFTSL)

Leader: G K Egan

Offered:
Clayton Second semester 2006 (Day)

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%

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

Prerequisites: ECE4705