CPE 420 - Computer Architecture

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Western New England University

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Prerequisite: CPE 271, CPE 310, or CPE 330 or equivalent. This is a senior level course in the theory and design of modern computer architectures. Students learn the fundamental organization of processors, controllers, memory, and communication links as well as the issues involved with internal data representation. They understand the close correlation between registers, bus interconnections, and instruction sets. Students gain skills in computer performance prediction by analyzing advanced features including instruction pipelines, arithmetic circuits or co-processors, cache, and virtual memory. After successfully completing this course students understand the issues involved with instruction set design and implementation and are able to evaluate new architectures. The methods of assessing student learning in the course are homework assignments, a term project and exams. 3 cr.

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3.00

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Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.wne.edu

Phone Number:

(413) 782-3111

Regional Accreditation:

New England Association of Schools and Colleges

Calendar System:

Semester

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