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[Course] EE484 [Title] ADV CMPTR ARCHTR USG VHDL [Crdts] 3 [Department] Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science [Scope] 
The course builds on the computer architecture foundation provided in EE375. The functional block diagram approach and evolution into the Hardware Description Language paradigm, using the DOD-standard VHDL, introduced in the basic architecture course, is expanded to include advanced architectural issues. The reduced instruction set computer (RISC) architecture serves as the basis for the study of advanced issues. Emphasizing register transfer notation and behavioral modeling of discrete system components, hierarchical structure models of representative machines are designed and simulated. Cache memory, virtual memory, instruction pipelining, branch prediction, hazard avoidance and computer arithmetic are the major topics studied. The term project utilizes VHDL for the behavioral description of a processor and then proceeds through the use of CAD synthesis tools and system simulators. The Term Project is used in lieu of a Term End Examination.
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