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 mul- timedia extensions. Also discusses network proces- sors, multimedia processors, and advanced embed- ded processors. May be taken Satisfactory (S) or No Credit (NC) by students advanced to candidacy for the Ph.D.