Basic Information
X Performance Metrics and Their Relation to Computer Architectures, Performance Evaluation Methods. Control Hazards and Branch Prediction. The Dataflow Principle And Eliminating False Dependencies. Superscalar Processors, Out-of-order, Vliw. The Memory System and Storage. Memory Technologies and Their Limitations, Cache Memories, Cache Hierarchy, Cache Coherence and Consistency. Virtual Memory, Fast Address Translation (tlb), Extensions For Virtual Machines. Hardware Multithreading (smt, Gpgpu). Reconfigurable Processors (fpga, Cgra).
Faculty: Computer Science
|Undergraduate Studies
Pre-required courses
234118 - Computer Organization and Programming
Course with no extra credit
46267 - Computer Architecture 234248 236267 - Computer Architecture 237267 - Computer Architecture