Compaq Alpha 21164

CS352 Computer Systems Architecture
(Spring 2007)

Instructor: Prof. Bill Mark
TTh 9:30-11:00am, RAS 213
Spring 2007, Unique number: 55010
Intel Pentium II

In this course, you will learn about the basic principles and current practices of computer architectures and organizations. At the end of this course, you will understand how and why computer hardware is organized so that it can rapidly execute a software program expressed in assembly language. You will also understand how computer hardware provides software with the illusion that fast memory and other resources are unlimited, even though they are not. Finally, you will learn how to quantitatively evaluate and improve computer system performance.


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Last Modified : 23-January-2007 by Bill Mark
These web pages and course materials are mostly adapted from materials developed by Steve Keckler and Doug Burger for previous offerings of CS352.