Introduction to Microprocessor and Parallel Processing

(Software Hardware Interface)

 

CSC550a: Description, Objectives, Text

 

Description

 

Introduction to structures and functions of microprocessors, parallel processing implemented within a single processor, and multiprocessor parallel architectures

 

Objectives

·        To relate software processing to hardware execution

·        To study structures and functions of CPU

·        To gain basic concepts of parallel processing

Text

Computer Organization and Architecture: Designing for Performance,
Sixth Edition, by William Stallings, 2002.

 

Topics:

 

Topics	Reading Chapter	Approximate No. of class
Computer Evolution	2	1
Instruction Sets (Characteristics & Functions)	9	2
Instruction Sets (Addressing modes & Formats)	10	2
CPU structure and function	11	2
Reduced Instruction Set Computers (RISC)	12	2
Parallel Processing	16	2
Parallel Languages and Interfaces	Sup.	1