CSE 201 (ECE 201)  Computer Architecture  (3)

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Current Catalog Description
Structure and function of digital computers. Computer components and their operations. Computer interconnection structures. Memory system and cache memory. Interrupt driven input/output and direct memory access. Instruction sets and addressing modes. Instruction pipelining. Floating-point representation and arithmetic. Alternative architectures: RISC vs. CISC and introduction to parallel architectures.  Prerequisite:  ECE 33.