Computer Science 535 - Computer Architecture
Spring
2021
02
3.00
Charles Weems
M W 9:05AM 10:20AM
UMass Amherst
74096
Fully Remote Class
weems@cs.umass.edu
74095
The structure of digital computers from the logic level to the system level. Topics include: the design of components such as arithmetic units; the organization of sub-systems such as the memory; the interplay between hardware and software; the von Neumann architecture and its performance enhancements such as cache memory, instruction and data pipelines, coprocessors, and parallelism.
MS-CMPSCI students only LECT 01 FOR UNDERGRADS; LECT 02 FOR GRADS. SEATS HELD IN LECT 02 FOR INCOMING GRAD STUDENT REGISTRATION. STUDENTS NEEDING SPECIAL PERMISSION MUST REQUEST OVERRIDES VIA THE ON-LINE FORM: https://www.cics.umass.edu/overrides.