Computer Architecture

Host University

Old Dominion University

Semester

Fall 2022

Course Number

ECE 543 CRN 18650

Credits

3

Discipline

Electrical & Computer Engineering

Instructor

Alsharif, Salim (SALSHARI@ODU.EDU)

Course Information

An introduction to computer architectures. Analysis and design of computer subsystems including central processing units, memories and input/output subsystems. Important concepts include datapaths, computer arithmetic, instruction cycles, pipelining, virtual and cache memories, direct memory access and controller design. (offered fall) 

Prerequisites

ECE 341 and ECE 346.