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 cov- ers dataflow machines and vector and single instruc- tion multiple data architectures, including multimedia extensions. Also discusses network processors, multi- media processors, and advanced embedded proces- sors. May be taken Satisfactory (S) or No Credit (NC) by students advanced to candidacy for the Ph.D.