Catalog Description: Instruction set architecture, microcoding, pipelining (simple and complex). Memory hierarchies and virtual memory. Processor parallelism: VLIW, vectors, multithreading. Multiprocessors.

Units: 4

Related Areas:

• Computer Architecture & Engineering (ARC)

Prerequisites: COMPSCI 61C

Formats:
Spring: 3.0 hours of lecture and 2.0 hours of discussion per week
Summer: 6.0 hours of lecture and 4.0 hours of discussion per week
Fall: 3.0 hours of lecture and 2.0 hours of discussion per week

Grading Basis: letter

Final Exam Status: Alternative method of final assessment

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Class Schedule (Spring 2025):
CS 152/252A – TuTh 11:00-12:29, Physics Building 4 – Christopher Fletcher

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