Procedures based on simulation and hardware for a computer architecture course

In this study, a procedure planning for a Computer Architecture Course that tries to create a balance between simulation and laboratory procedures is presented. For this planning, we use hardware implementation for parts of this subject that require careful dedication because of its complexity: interconnection networks and parallel processing. On the other hand, we use simulation packages for the teaching of pipelined and vectorial processors. © 2002 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Comput Appl Eng Educ 10: 11–17, 2002; Published online in Wiley InterScience (www.interscience.wiley.com.); DOI 10.1002/cae.10012