In computer science and engineering, computer architecture is the art that specifies the relations and parts of a computer system. In the architecture of buildings, this art is normally visual ...

The design of a computer system. It sets the standard for all devices that connect to it and all the software that runs on it. It is based on the type of programs that will run (business ...

Hennessey and D. Patterson, Computer Architecture: A Quantitative Approach , Morgan Kaufmann, 3rd edition (2002) COURSE GOALS: To learn designing and implementing processor architecture and learn to ...

Case studies. REQUIRED TEXT: None RECOMMENDED TEXT: J. Hennessy and D. Patterson, Computer Architecture: A Quantitative Approach , Morgan Kaufmann, 3 rd edition, 2003. Research, survey, and case study ...

Examines the basic functional components of a computer system including the CPU, memory systems, and I/O systems. Each of these three areas will be developed in detail with a focus on the system ...

The Desktop Modular PC design appears from Intel's diagram to use a midplane that has the Platform Controller Hub (PCH) ...

program counter (PC) - holds the memory address of the next instruction to be fetched from primary memory memory address register (MAR) - holds the address of the current instruction that is to be ...

Structure of computers, past and present: first, second, third and fourth generation. Combinatorial and sequential circuits. Programmable logic arrays. Processor design: information formats, ...