CMPUT 429 - Computer Systems and Architecture
Overview
An investigation of computer system design concepts including requirements, specifications, implementation and modification of computer architectures. Instruction sets, arithmetic/logic unit design, bus structures, I/O structures, control organization and implementation. Predictors used for branches and within the memory hierarchy. A study of super-scalar, deep-pipelined, multi-threaded, and muti-core architectures.
Objectives
- Understand the tradeoffs in the design of a computer
- Understand the design of contemporary computer systems
- Learn to evaluate performance based on simulation
- Write efficient programs through the understanding on the roles of compilers, programming language, instruction-set architecture, and hardware design on performance and programming productivity
Course Work
- Homework
- Lab Exercises
- Exams