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Computer Architecture

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  • Princeton University via Coursera
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  • 50 hours of effort required
  • 136,948+ already enrolled!
  • 4.7 ★★★★★ (700 Ratings)
  • Skill Level: Mixed
  • Language: English

In this course, you will learn to design the computer architecture of complex modern microprocessors.

All the features of this course are available for free. It does not offer a certificate upon completion.

Syllabus:

WEEK 1

Introduction, Instruction Set Architecture, and Microcode

  • 4 hours to complete

This lecture will give you a broad overview of the course, as well as the description of architecture, micro-architecture and instruction set architectures.

Pipelining Review

  • 3 hours to complete

This lecture covers the basic concept of pipeline and two different types of hazards.

WEEK 2

Cache Review

  • 3 hours to complete

This lecture covers control hazards and the motivation for caches.

Superscalar 1

  • 3 hours to complete

This lecture covers cache characteristics and basic superscalar architecture.

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WEEK 3

Superscalar 2 & Exceptions

  • 2 hours to complete

This lecture covers the common issues for superscalar architecture.

Superscalar 3

  • 2 hours to complete

This lecture covers different kinds of architectures for out-of-order processors.

WEEK 4

Superscalar 4

  • 1 hour to complete

This lecture covers the common methods used to improve the performance of out-of-order processors including register renaming and memory disambiguation.

VLIW 1

  • 2 hours to complete

This lecture covers the basic concept of very long instruction word (VLIW) processors.

WEEK 5

VLIW2

  • 3 hours to complete

This lecture covers the common methods used to improve VLIW performance.

Branch Prediction

  • 2 hours to complete

This lecture covers the motivation and implementation of branch predictors.

WEEK 6

Advanced Caches 1

  • 3 hours to complete

This lecture covers the advanced mechanisms used to improve cache performance.

Advanced Caches 2

  • 2 hours to complete

This lecture covers more advanced mechanisms used to improve cache performance.

WEEK 7

Memory Protection

  • 3 hours to complete

This lecture covers memory management and protection.

Vector Processors and GPUs

  • 3 hours to complete

This lecture covers the vector processor and optimizations for vector processors.

WEEK 8

Multithreading

  • 2 hours to complete

This lecture covers different types of multithreading.

Parallel Programming 1

  • 1 hour to complete

This lecture covers the concepts of parallelism, consistency models, and basic parallel programming techniques.

WEEK 9

Parallel Programming 2

  • 1 hour to complete

This lecture covers the solutions for the consistency problem in parallel programming.

Small Multiprocessors

  • 2 hours to complete

This lecture covers the implementation of small multiprocessors.

WEEK 10

Multiprocessor Interconnect 1

  • 3 hours to complete

This lecture covers the design of interconnects for a multiprocessor.

Multiprocessor Interconnect 2

  • 3 hours to complete

This lecture covers the design of interconnects for multiprocessor and network topology.

WEEK 11: Large Multiprocessors (Directory Protocols)

  • 3 hours to complete

This lecture covers the motivation and implementation of directory protocol used for coherence on large multiprocessors.


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