CMSC 611 - Advanced Computer Architecture

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Memory-system design, advanced pipeline structures, instruction-level parallelism, compiler-assisted optimization, multi-processor architecture, interconnection network, advances storage systems. Within each topic, the emphasis is on quantitative evaluation and fundamental issues, e.g., data and control dependence, memory bandwidth, reliability, and coherence of distributed storage.
Prerequisite: Prerequisite: CMSC 411 or consent of instructor.