ELEC3219 Advanced Computer Architecture

Module Overview

This module covers the development of modern computer architectures for servers, workstations, hand-held devices, signal processing and embedded systems from the introduction of the four-stage RISC pipeline to the present day.

Aims

• This module gives a broad introduction into the study of computer architecture as it applies to current electronic and computer systems
• We will look at the history of specialist architectures and draw lessons for the present from the successes and failures of the past
• We will investigate simulation techniques of use in developing and analysing modern architectures