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Welcome to CS1952y: Computer Architecture!
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How does a computer program actually turn into the electrons moving inside of your computer? What are the relevant metrics and tradeoffs for designing a computer, and what impact do these tradeoffs have on our software? In this course, we cover computer organization and design, from a software lens. Topics include instruction set architectures, processor design and pipelining, memory hierarchies, program flow optimization, I/O, and emerging applications. Homeworks and final project will use powerful architecture simulators and explore general and specialized hardware for various applications.
The course is capped If there is no more room, please submit an override request via cab. To be eligible for an override, please make sure to have completed all parts of HW1 that are past their soft deadlines.