306883 (v.1) Computer Structures 501

Area:

Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering

Contact Hours:

4.0

Credits:

25.0

Lecture:

1 x 2 Hours Weekly

Laboratory:

1 x 2 Hours Weekly

Anti Requisite(s):

5507 (v.5) Computer Structures 601 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

Year	Location	Period	Internal	Area External	Central External
2003	Bentley Campus	Semester 1	Y
2003	Bentley Campus	Semester 2	Y

- 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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