Course
code | CC523 |
credit_hours | 3 |
title | Computer Design and Performance Evaluation |
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prequisites | CC311 |
credit hours | 3 |
Description/Outcomes | Comparison between the two major design methodologies based on ISA (Instruction Set Architecture) and ASA (Application Specific Architecture). The course covers the topics of queuing theory and Markov processes as a tool for computer system performance evaluation. Moreover, the students are introduced to operational analysis techniques regarding performance of computer systems. |
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objective set | combined |
content set | combined |
Course Content
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Week Number 1 : Introduction to ISA-based Computer Design, Sequencing and Control.
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Week Number 2 : Hardwired and Micro-Programmed Control.
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Week Number 3 : Single-Cycle Hardwired Control and Multiple-Cycle Micro-Programmed Control.
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Week Number 4 : Pipelined Control and Performance Evaluation.
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Week Number 5 : Instruction Set Architecture and Addressing Evaluation.
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Week Number 6 : Central Processing Unit Design.
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Week Number 7 : 7th Week Exam.
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Week Number 8 : High Performance CPU Concepts.
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Week Number 9 : Design Parameters Area, Time and Cost.
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Week Number 10 : Operational Analysis.
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Week Number 11 : M/G/I Queuing model.
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Week Number 12 : 12th Week Exam.
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Week Number 13 : Discrete-Time Marcov Chains.
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Week Number 14 : Benchmark System Evaluation.
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Week Number 15 : Revision.
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Week Number 16 : Presentation of projects and Final Exam.
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