In this course, you will learn to design the computer architecture of complex modern microprocessors.
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WEEK 1
Introduction, Instruction Set Architecture, and Microcode
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
This lecture covers the basic concept of pipeline and two different types of hazards.
WEEK 2
Cache Review
This lecture covers control hazards and the motivation for caches.
Superscalar 1
This lecture covers cache characteristics and basic superscalar architecture.
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WEEK 3
Superscalar 2 & Exceptions
This lecture covers the common issues for superscalar architecture.
Superscalar 3
This lecture covers different kinds of architectures for out-of-order processors.
WEEK 4
Superscalar 4
This lecture covers the common methods used to improve the performance of out-of-order processors including register renaming and memory disambiguation.
VLIW 1
This lecture covers the basic concept of very long instruction word (VLIW) processors.
WEEK 5
VLIW2
This lecture covers the common methods used to improve VLIW performance.
Branch Prediction
This lecture covers the motivation and implementation of branch predictors.
WEEK 6
Advanced Caches 1
This lecture covers the advanced mechanisms used to improve cache performance.
Advanced Caches 2
This lecture covers more advanced mechanisms used to improve cache performance.
WEEK 7
Memory Protection
This lecture covers memory management and protection.
Vector Processors and GPUs
This lecture covers the vector processor and optimizations for vector processors.
WEEK 8
Multithreading
This lecture covers different types of multithreading.
Parallel Programming 1
This lecture covers the concepts of parallelism, consistency models, and basic parallel programming techniques.
WEEK 9
Parallel Programming 2
This lecture covers the solutions for the consistency problem in parallel programming.
Small Multiprocessors
This lecture covers the implementation of small multiprocessors.
WEEK 10
Multiprocessor Interconnect 1
This lecture covers the design of interconnects for a multiprocessor.
Multiprocessor Interconnect 2
This lecture covers the design of interconnects for multiprocessor and network topology.
WEEK 11: Large Multiprocessors (Directory Protocols)
This lecture covers the motivation and implementation of directory protocol used for coherence on large multiprocessors.
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