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2016-2017 University Catalog 
  
2016-2017 University Catalog

ECE 611 - Advanced Microprocessors

Credits: 3
Not Repeatable for Credit
Offered by Electrical and Computer Engineering  
Covers principles of advanced 32-bit and 64-bit microprocessors. Includes microprocessor structure and architecture, pipeline hazards, instruction-level parallelism, superscalar and superpipelined execution, thread-level parallelism; and RISC principles and advantages. Offers examples of RISC-type microprocessors. Studies in detail Intel IA-32, Intel and HP IA-64, and Motorola M68000 families.

Prerequisite(s): ECE 511 or permission of instructor.
Schedule Type: LEC
Hours of Lecture or Seminar per week: 3
Hours of Lab or Studio per week: 0