| Call Number | 12880 | 
|---|---|
| Day & Time Location | MW 10:10am-11:25am 702 Hamilton Hall | 
| Points | 3 | 
| Grading Mode | Standard | 
| Approvals Required | None | 
| Instructor | Simha Sethumadhavan | 
| Type | LECTURE | 
| Method of Instruction | In-Person | 
| Course Description | Focuses on advanced topics in computer architecture, illustrated by case studies from classic and modern processors. Fundamentals of quantitative analysis. Pipelining. Memory hierarchy design. Instruction-level and thread-level parallelism. Data-level parallelism and graphics processing units. Multiprocessors. Cache coherence. Interconnection networks. Multi-core processors and systems-on-chip. Platform architectures for embedded, mobile, and cloud computing. | 
| Web Site | Vergil | 
| Department | Computer Science | 
| Enrollment | 81 students (86 max) as of 3:06PM Friday, October 31, 2025 | 
| Subject | Computer Science and Electrical Engineering | 
| Number | W4824 | 
| Section | 001 | 
| Division | Interfaculty | 
| Open To | Barnard College, Columbia College, Engineering:Undergraduate, Engineering:Graduate, GSAS, General Studies, Journalism | 
| Section key | 20253CSEE4824W001 |