Computer Architecture

Host University

Old Dominion University

Semester

Fall 2026

Course Number

ECE 543

CRN

22523

Credits

3

Discipline

Electrical & Computer Engineering

Instructor

Chung Hao Chen (CXCHEN@odu.edu)

Course Information

An introduction to computer architectures. Analysis and design of computer subsystems including central processing units, memories and input/output subsystems. With features based on the ARM CPU architecture, students will learn important concepts, including data paths, computer arithmetic, instruction cycles, pipelining, virtual and cache memories, direct memory access and controller design

Prerequisites

ECE 346