EECE 3324 — Computer Architecture and Organization

4 semester hoursUndergraduateLectureusually offered: fall, springtypical days: T/FBostonTraditional

Presents a range of topics that include assembly language programming, number systems, data representations, ALU design, arithmetic, the instruction set architecture, and the hardware/software interface. Offers students an opportunity to program using assembly language and to simulate execution. Covers the architecture of modern processors, including datapath/control design, caching, memory management, pipelining, and superscalar. Discusses metrics and benchmarking techniques used for evaluating performance.

Prerequisites

all of:
- EECE 2322 (min D-)
- EECE 2323 (min D-)

Offering history

Term	Sections	Enrolled	Capacity	Full	Open seats/section
Fall 2023	1	30	35	86%	5.0
Spring 2024	1	31	42	74%	11.0
Summer A 2024	1	24	40	60%	16.0
Fall 2024	1	32	49	65%	17.0
Spring 2025	1	44	47	94%	3.0
Summer A 2025	1	24	40	60%	16.0
Fall 2025	1	8	49	16%	41.0
Spring 2026	1	19	50	38%	31.0

Snapshots from scheduled scrapes — not live seat availability. "Full" can exceed 100% when sections over-enroll.

Meeting times

Share of recent sections by weekday: M 4% · T 82% · W 14% · Th 0% · F 59%

Common patterns: TF (59% of sections), T (23% of sections), W (14% of sections), M (4% of sections) — in patterns, R means Thursday

Professors

Fall

Yanzhi Wang (46% of students) · reviews
Devesh Tiwari (43% of students) · reviews
Julius Marpaung (11% of students) · reviews

Spring

Xue Lin (67% of students) · reviews
Devesh Tiwari (33% of students) · reviews

Summer A

Emad Aboelela (100% of students) · reviews

Percentages are each professor's average share of the season's enrolled students in recent terms.

Unlocks

EECE 4534, EECE 5640, EECE 5641, EECE 5699

Courses that list EECE 3324 in their prerequisites.

Links

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