Computer Architecture

University of Alabama at Birmingham

CourseCS 430

Introduction to computer architecture, including memory subsystems, direct-mapped and set-associative cache and multi-level cache subsystems, directaccess devices including RAID and SCSI disk drives, processor pipelining including super-scalar and vector machines, parallel architectures including SMP, NUMA and distributed memory systems, Interrupt mechanisms, and future microprocessor design issues.

Credits: 3 credits
Course Code: CS 430