15-495: Parallel Computer Architecture and Programming
Spring 2002 Schedule

  

Table 1: 15-495, Spring 2002, Tentative Schedule.

Class	Date	Day	Topic	Reading	Assignments
1	1/15	Tue	Why Study Parallel Architecture?	1.1
2	1/17	Thu	Evolution of Parallel Architecture	1.2
3	1/22	Tue	Fundamental Design Issues	1.3-4
4	1/24	Thu	Parallel Programming: Overview	2.1-4
5	1/29	Tue	Parallel Programming: Performance	3.1-4	L1 Out
6	1/31	Thu	Parallel Programming: Case Studies	3.5
7	2/5	Tue	Implications for Programming Models	3.6-7
8	2/7	Thu	Scaling Workloads and Machines	4.1	L1 Due, L2 Out
9	2/12	Tue	Evaluating Machines and Ideas	4.2-5
10	2/14	Thu	Shared Memory Multiprocessors I	5.1-3
11	2/19	Tue	Shared Memory Multiprocessors II	5.4	L2 Due, L3 Out
12	2/21	Thu	Snoop-Based Multiprocessor Design I	6.1-4
13	2/26	Tue	Snoop-Based Multiprocessor Design II	6.5-7
14	2/28	Thu	Scalable Distributed Memory MPs	7.1-8	L3 Due
	3/5	Tue	Exam I
	3/7	Thu	No Class: Mid-Semester Break
15	3/12	Tue	Directory-Based Cache Coherence I	8.1-5
16	3/14	Thu	Directory-Based Cache Coherence II	8.6-7, 8.9-11	Project Proposal
17	3/19	Tue	Relaxed Memory Consistency Models	9.1
18	3/21	Thu	Cache-Only Memory Architectures	9.2.2, 9.4
19	3/26	Tue	Synchronization	5.5, 7.9, 8.8
20	3/28	Thu	Interconnection Network Design I	10.1-4	Project Milestone 1
Spring Break
21	4/9	Tue	Interconnection Network Design II	10.5-10
22	4/11	Thu	Latency Tolerance: Overview	11.1-5	Project Milestone 2
23	4/16	Tue	Latency Tolerance: Prefetching	11.6
24	4/18	Thu	Latency Tolerance: Multithreading	11.7-9
	4/23	Tue	Exam II
25	4/25	Thu	Earthquake Simulation Case Study	N/A	Project Due
26	4/30	Tue	Terascale Computing System at PSC	N/A
	5/2	Thu	Project Poster Session

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