ECE 561 - Computer Systems

3 credits
3 hours lecture
Prerequisites: ECE 161 and ECE 260; or permission of instructor
An examination of various components that make up a computer system, including CPU, memory, input/output, and buses, as well as how they all work together to form a functioning computer system. The major advances in the computer organization and architecture including von Neumann architecture, interrupts, the family concept, microprocessors, cache memory, virtual memory, virtual I/O, pipelining, RISC, superscalar processors, IA-64 (EPIC), micro-programmed control unit as well as parallel processing are also presented. State-of-the- art research projects are assigned to prepare students to perform research in the field of computer organization and architecture.