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CS 282 System Architecture II

Course Description: 

This course covers performance evaluation and benchmarking, pipelining, memory hierarchy, superscalar processors, multiprocessors, and interfacing processors and peripherals. See syllabus for more details.

 

Prerequisites

CS 281

Instructor
Section 501 and 701 - Bill Mongan - email: wmm24@cs.drexel.edu

Office hours
Bill: Mondays 4:00-5:45 PM and by appointment (in University Crossings 147)
Graders: Ben Burton (bjb39@drexel.edu) Thursdays 3:30-4:30 PM in University Crossings 147.

Meeting Time
Sections 501 & 701 - M 6:00 - 8:50 in Matheson 308

Textbook

1. David A. Patterson and John L. Hennessy, Computer Organization and Design: The Hardware/Software Interface, Third Edition, Morgan Kaufman Publishers, ISBN: 1558606041 (August 2004).
2. Peter J. Ashenden, The Designer's Guide to VHDL, Second Edition, Morgan Kaufman Publishers, ISBN: 1558606742 (May 2002).
3. Optional but Recommended: Randel Bryant and David O'Hallaron, Computer Systems: A Programmer's Perspective. ISBN: 013034074X

 

Last edited: 01/04/2006 wmm24@cs.drexel.edu