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CMSC 132: Computer Architecture
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Catalog Course Description
| Number | CMSC 132 |
| Title | Computer Architecture |
| Description | Advanced topics in computer systems organization from a designer's point of view: multiprocessing, pipelining, array processors, associative processors; Microprogramming, techniques for increasing primary memory bandwidths; Modularization, interleaving, access path widening, cache and associative memories; Virtual memory; Bus structures; Multiprogramming and time sharing organizations; Network principles and protocols; Distributed resources. |
| Prerequisites | CMSC 131 |
| Semester offered | First |
| Credit | 3 |
| Hours/week | 5 (2 lecture, 3 laboratory) |
Objectives
At the end of the course, the student should be able to:
- Describe the hardware organization of computer systems;
- Describe the internal operation of processors; and
- Design simple computer systems.
Suggested citation for this online article:
_______. CMSC 132: Computer Architecture. Accessed 08 January 2009. UPLB-ICS webpage (http://www.ics.uplb.edu.ph/courses/ugrad/cmsc/132).