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ECE 621Computer Organization

Units
0.50
Level
Graduate
Faculty
Engineering
Subject
Electrical and Computer Engineering

When it runs

  1. F24
  2. W25
  3. S25
  4. F25
  5. W26
  6. S26
  7. F26
  8. W27
  9. S27

Ran in 3 of the last 7 terms. Winter 2027: not on the schedule. Spring 2027: schedule not out yet.

Organization of high performance digital computers, high speed arithmetic algorithms, control unit and data flow organization. Pipeline systems. Stack machines, associative processors, parallel processors. Performance evaluation.

Prerequisites

None listed.

Antirequisites

  • Complete all of the following
    • Not completed nor concurrently enrolled in any of the following:
      • CS650 - Computer Architecture (0.50)
    • Not completed nor concurrently enrolled in:

Leads to

No course lists it as a requisite.

Fall 2026 sections

Enrolment from UW Open Data, which can trail Quest by up to two days. Instructors and rooms: Schedule of Classes.
SectionClassEnrolledMeets
LEC 001543940 / 45TTh 10:00–11:20
Sep 9 13:00–14:20
Sep 16 13:00–14:20

Discussed on r/uwaterloo

3 posts and comments in 3 threads mention ECE 621, July 2016 to December 2024. Quoted word for word, newest first; each reply sits under the post and the comment that started its branch. Search r/uwaterloo for newer posts.

Winter 2021

Fall 2017

Any way to disable UWCourseLinker from posting? 16 points, 26 comments

“posting a reply to my comment I find the bot annoying.”

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u/Jackhofmann: “… ECE 484 ECE 498A ECE 498B ECE 499 ECE 600 ECE 601 ECE 604 ECE 606 ECE 611 ECE 613 ECE 614 ECE 621 ECE 630 ECE 633 ECE 635 ECE 636 ECE 637 ECE 639 ECE 650 ECE 651 ECE 658 ECE 6604PD ECE 6610PD ECE 6616PD ECE 662 ECE 664 ECE 667 ECE 671 ECE 675 ECE 682 ECE 725 ECE 730 ECE 750 ECE …”

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Spring 2016

Do any classes use verilog? 0 points, 9 comments

“In ECE124, we used VHDL. But on coop my employer uses verilog, I'm doing software QA this term, but I hope to return doing hardware design. can we choose to use verilog in 224, or 327? …”

u/Jyan: “ECE621 uses Verlog. VHDL and Verilog are pretty similar though. The hard part is learning how to design hardware, not the language.”

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In 42 terms, Fall 2006 to Winter 2024