Flynn taxonomy

Flynn%27s taxonomy

Flynn's taxonomy is a classification system for computer architectures proposed by Michael J. Flynn in 1966 and extended in 1972. It has been widely used in the design of modern processors, but does not include vector processing which was introduced after Flynn's second paper was published in 1972.

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CS 61C Great Ideas in Computer Architecture (Machine Structures)

UC Berkeley

Fall 2022

This course deepens students' understanding of computer architecture and the translation of high-level programs into machine language. Emphasis is on C and assembly language programming, computer organization, parallelism, CPU design, and warehouse-scale computing. Prerequisites include CS61A and CS61B or equivalent C-based programming experience.

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