| Date |
Lecture |
Assignments |
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Notes on links
- pptx links are to Powerpoint versions of the lectures
- pdf links are to Adobe Acrobat versions of the lectures
- code links are to directories containing code used for class demonstrations
- tar links are to archive files in TAR format. Use the tar command on a linux machine to unpack these
Schedule (subject to change)
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Jan |
19 |
Overview |
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Jan |
21 |
Benchmarks and Workloads (PDF) |
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Jan |
24 |
Performance Evaluation via Simulation |
Homework 1 |
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Jan |
26 |
Simulation Design (PDF) |
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Jan |
28 |
CADSS |
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Jan |
31 |
Cache Access time ( PDF) |
Cache Simulator |
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Feb |
2 |
Cache Hit Rate |
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Feb |
4 |
Pipelining Overview (PDF) |
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Feb |
7 |
Hazards and Forwarding |
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Feb |
9 |
Branch Prediction |
Homework 2 |
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Feb |
11 |
Superscalar Processors (PDF) |
Branch Predictor |
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Feb |
14 |
Superscalar Processors |
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Feb |
16 |
Superscalar Processors |
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Feb |
18 |
VLIW (PDF) |
Pipeline Simulator |
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Feb |
21 |
VLIW / TLP (PDF) |
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Feb |
23 |
TLP / GPUs |
Homework 3 |
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Feb |
25 |
Review |
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Feb |
28 |
Exam |
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March |
2 |
OH |
Integrated Simulation |
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March |
4 |
Mid-semester Break |
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March |
14 |
Exam and Second Half |
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March |
16 |
Interconnection Networks (PDF) |
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March |
18 |
Interconnection Networks |
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March |
21 |
Cache Coherence (PDF) |
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March |
23 |
Cache Coherence |
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March |
25 |
Cache Coherence |
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March |
28 |
Cache Coherence |
Coherence Simulator |
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March |
30 |
Memory Consistency (PDF) |
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April |
1 |
Memory Consistency |
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April |
4 |
Memory Consistency |
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March |
6 |
Memory Consistency |
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April |
8 |
Spring Carnival |
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April |
11 |
Synchronization (Lecture Solution) |
Simulator Extension |
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April |
13 |
Synchronization |
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April |
15 |
Synchronization |
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April |
18 |
Microarchitectural Attacks (PDF) |
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April |
20 |
Microarchitectural Attacks |
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April |
22 |
Power / Approximate Computing (PDF) |
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April |
25 |
Heterogenous Computing (PDF) |
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April |
27 |
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April |
29 |
Review |
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