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ECE 706 Advanced Parallel Computer Architecture   View Course's WolfWare Homepage
         
Advanced topics in parallel computer architecture. Hardware mechanisms for scalable cache coherence, synchronization, and speculation. Scalable systems and interconnection networks. Design or research project required.

Additional course information provided by the department:

Topics include:

  • cache coherence
  • prefetching
  • speculation
  • network interfaces

Course material is based on classic and recent papers from the research literature. There are two exams and a significant research project. Students who have taken ECE/CSC 748 with Dr. Byrd as the instructor may not receive credit for this class.
 
Pre-Requisites: ECE/CSC 506, ECE 521
Co-Requisites:None
Restrictions:Department Consent Required
 Credits: 3

Spring '12 Instructors: Byrd G