Advanced Computer Architecture 2020-2021

Computer architecture is the science of selecting, interconnecting, and orchestrating hardware components to build a functionally correct computer that meets performance and cost goals. As such, the computer architecture specifies the interactions between the software and the hardware in a computing system. Therefore, the course takes a hardware/software cooperative approach to understanding and evaluating computing systems. In essence, this course reviews the main components of a modern programmable computing system (i.e., processors, memory, interconnects, and storage).