Prerequisites: CS 203A with a grade of "B" or better
Description: Covers advanced topics in general-purpose computer architecture including instruction-level parallel architectures, as well as very- long-instruction-word, explicitly parallel instruction computing, and multithreaded architectures. Also covers dataflow machines and vector and single instruction multiple data architectures, including multimedia extensions. Also discusses network processors, multimedia processors, and advanced embedded processors. May be taken Satisfactory (S) or No Credit (NC) by students advanced to candidacy for the Ph.D.