CSCE 430 - Computer Hardware Design and Applications

FPGs. CPLDs. Processor design philosophy (CISC vs RISC). Advanced pipelining. Super scaler. Instruction-level parallelism. Designing I/O systems. System buses. Cache design. Reconfigurable computer machines. Systolic architectures. Micro controllers. Device interfacing and VHDL.
Prerequisites
Prerequisite: CSCE 330.
When Offered
Offered occasionally.
(3 cr.)