This course examines fundamental issues and design trade-offs in modern processor architectures. We will discuss some of the constraints that limit the design and programmability of modern processors, ...

This lab course introduces students to modern topics of engineering optics. Teams of students will carry out four different projects: holography, lasers, free-space optical communication, and ...

From the bulky PCs of 1993 to today’s ultra-powerful gaming rigs, computer chips have evolved at lightning speed. Early ...

Paul Loh is partner at Power to Make/LLDS in addition to the above academic appointment. The latest in our Computing turns 60 series, to mark the 60th anniversary of the first computer in an ...

Back in the early days of computing, manufacturers didn’t build a whole line of software-compatible computer systems where each system was aimed at a different price/performance point. Instead, each ...

In the heart of Manchester, UK, a groundbreaking event took place in 1948: the first modern computer, known as the Manchester Baby, ran its very first program. The Baby’s ability to execute stored ...

IBM recently hosted a System z Summit for customers and industry types, and at this summit the company did something exceedingly rare in the secretive world of mainframe marketing: they gave sales ...

Architecture in the 20th century was defined by a single dominant style: modernism. This design movement transformed the ...