EECE 538 - Design of Digital Systems

Topics:

• Asynchronous Design
• Memory Systems
• Pipeline Systems
• Supercomputers & Vector Machines
• Array Processing
• Multiprocessing Systems
• Stack Machines
• Data Flow Computers
• High Level Language Machines
• Machines with Regular Structures

Required work: Students are required to complete 3-5 homework assignments, plus a take home final exam. In addition, a research paper is due at the end of the semester. This paper should be 20-25 pages long (double spaced) and include an in depth analysis of some topic related to the things we discuss during the semester. That is, a student must select a concept, machine, technique, or mechanism; then, state whether it is good or not, defending that position with judicious use of appropriate metrics.

Course Text: Kai Hwang, Advanced Computer Architecture: Parallelism, Scalability, Programability, McGraw-Hill Book Company, 1993.

Reference Texts:

• C. G. Bell & A. Newell, Computer Structures: Readings and Examples, McGraw-Hill Book Company, New York, 1971.
• D. P. Siewiorek, C. G. Bell, & A. Newell, Computer Structures: Principles and Examples, McGraw-Hill Book Company, New York, 1982.
• J. L. Hennessy & D. A. Patterson, Computer Architecture: A Quantitative Approach, Morgan Kaufmann Publishers, Inc., San Mateo, CA, 1990.
• H. S. Stone, Ed., Introduction to Computer Architecture, Science Research Associates, Chicago, IL, 1980.
• H. S. Stone, High-Performance Computer Architecture, 2nd Edition, Addison-Wesley, 1990.
• W. I. Fletcher, An Engineering Approach to Digital Design, Prentice-Hall, Inc., Englewood Cliffs, NJ, 1980.
• L. H. Pollard, Computer Design and Architecture, Prentice-Hall, Inc., Englewood Cliffs, NJ, 1990.