CS 433 / CSE 422

Computer System Organization

Course at a Glance

Saugata Ghose
TAs: Vijay Shah
CAs: Aniket Das, Yanni Zhuang

Tue/Thu 12:30 PM – 1:45 PM Central

Urbana: 1000 Lincoln Hall
Chicago: 4th Floor, Classroom B, 200 S. Wacker Dr.

Ed Discussion

Gradescope

  • Next Class (Thursday, September 5):
    Pipelines Are Exceptional & Trendy
  • Next Homework (HW 01):
    out September 2; due September 12
  • Next Exam (Midterm):
    October 17, in class

CS 433 / CSE 422 is a combined undergraduate/graduate course at the University of Illinois that covers essential topics on computer hardware design, and its interface with software. In the course, we will study foundational concepts that enable modern computer architectures, such as out-of-order processing, the memory hierarchy, virtualization, and parallel processing hardware.

Prerequisite: CS 233 or equivalent

This Week's Calendar

Course Description

Computer hardware design and analysis and interface with software. Advanced processor design, including superscalar, out-of-order issue, branch prediction, and speculation. Memory hierarchy design, including advanced cache optimizations, main memory, and virtual memory. Principles of multiprocessor design, including shared-memory, cache coherence, synchronization, and consistency. Other advanced topics depending on time; e.g., GPUs and accelerators, warehouse computers and data centers, security.