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University of Alberta Calendar 2018-2019 [ARCHIVED CALENDAR]

CMPUT 429 - Computer Systems and Architecture

★ 3 (fi 6) (either term, 3-0-3) A discussion of computer system design concepts with stress on modern ideas that have shaped the high-performance architecture of contemporary systems. Instruction sets, pipelining, instruction-level parallelism, register reuse, branch prediction, CPU control, and related concepts. Memory technologies, caches, I/O, high-performance backplanes and buses. Prerequisite: CMPUT 201 or 275; one of CMPUT 229, E E 380 or ECE 212. Credit may be obtained in only one of CMPUT 429 or CMPE 382.