May 15, 2024  
University of Alberta Calendar 2021-2022 
    
University of Alberta Calendar 2021-2022 [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

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, cache- coherence, accelerators, and related concepts. Memory technologies, caches, I/O, high-performance networks. Prerequisites: 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.