CS 456. Computer Architecture

Credits 3.00 PeopleSoft Course ID 013813 Grading Basis GRD

Introduction to the design and implementation of modern CPU architectures. Explores hardware-based parallel execution, quantitative performance evaluation, I/O interfacing techniques and hardware descriptor languages. Course work includes a significant programming component. Prerequisite(s): Fully admitted Computer Science majors or minors only and a grade of “C-” or better in CS 361 .