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12856 (v.2) Computer Structures 401



 

Area:

Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering

Contact Hours:

5.0

Credits:

25.0

Lecture:

1 x 2 Hours Weekly

Laboratory:

1 x 3 Hours Weekly

Prerequisite(s):

12854 (v.2) Computer Structures 303 or any previous version
The design process for computer structures. Architectural philosophies; RISC and CISC. Processor performance measurement and analysis. Processor organisations. Instruction set - register file interactions. Exploiting instructional level parallelism; pipelining, scheduling, VLIW. Models of distributed memory and memory management. Exception handling. System implementation issues, logical, and physical organisation, interconnection busses. Models of distributed memory and memory management.


Availability

YearLocationPeriodInternalArea ExternalCentral External
2003Bentley CampusSemester 1Y  
2003Miri Sarawak CampusSemester 2Y  

- Area External refers to external course/units run by the School or Department, offered online or through Web CT, or offered by research.
- Central External refers to external course/units run through the Curtin Bentley-based Distance Education Area.


 
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