CS 5420

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CS 5420
Advanced Computer Architecture

Course information provided by the 2025-2026 Catalog.

This course discusses advanced topics in computer architecture beyond the material that is covered in undergraduate courses such as ECE 4750/CS 4420. In particular, the course places special focus on multicore and multiprocessor architectures (coherence, consistency, synchronization, interconnects, OS support, etc.), as well as advanced architecture techniques (simultaneous multithreading, speculative loads and stores, neural branch predictors, hardware resource management, memory scheduling, etc.) Students work on parallel programming assignments that emphasize hardware-aware performance optimization.


Prerequisites ECE 4750 or ECE 5740.

Enrollment Priority Enrollment limited to Ithaca campus students.

Last 4 Terms Offered 2026SP, 2024FA, 2022FA, 2021FA

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Syllabi:

  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: ECE 6750

  • 3 Credits Graded

  • 12440 CS 5420   LEC 001

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    • MW
    • Jan 20 - May 5, 2026

    • Martinez, J

  • Instruction Mode: In Person