COMPE 475 - Microprocessors

Units: 3

Grading Method: LCR: Letter Grade with Cr/NC available. The grading default for the class will be letter grade, but students can opt to take it for Cr/NC

Prerequisite(s): COMPE 375 with a grade of C- (1.7) or better. COMPE 470.

Fundamentals and practice of modern processor design, including branch prediction, context switching, data and control hazards, exception handling, instruction set architecture, microarchitecture design, memory hierarchy, multi-core processors, multi-threading, parallelism, performance measurements, pipeline processors, out-of-order execution.

Maximum Credits: 3
Note: Prerequisites will be enforced in all undergraduate computer engineering and electrical engineering courses numbered 100 through 599. A copy of an official transcript will be accepted as proof. For corequisites, an enrollment confirmation form will be accepted.