Scope : This class is supposed to be the SECOND class in computer architecture. I assume prior exposure to the basic material in computer architecture, either as the subject in microprocessor or computer organisation. The topics are as follows : Performance metrics, central processing unit, control unit, microprogramming, instruction level parallelism : pipeline, superscalar; memory system, disk array, evolution of architecture, future architecture.
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ToolsI found it at www.amazon.com : Soul of a New Machine , Tracy Kidder / Paperback / Published 1995 Reading in current microprocessor including IA64 Example of midterm questions CS152 Computer Architecture Engineering at UC Berkeley