Course Description:

This course provides an in depth study of computer architecture techniques. Main topics include high speed computing techniques, vector machines, shared memory multiprocessors, cache coherence, scalable multiprocessors, and interconnection networks. Upon completion of the course, the student should understand advanced computer architecture concepts.

Instructor:

Instructor	Dr. Min-You Wu
Office	Room 224C, ENGR
Office Hour	Tuesday 8:30--10:30am
Phone	505-277-1078
E-mail	wu@eece.unm.edu
Homepage	http://www.eece.unm.edu/~wu

Textbook:

David Culler and J.P. Singh with Anoop Gupta, " Parallel Computer Architecture: A Hardware/Software Approach," ISBN 1-55860-343-3, Morgan Kaufmann, 1998.

Reference Book:

John P. Hayes, "Computer Architecture and Organization," ISBN 0-07-027366-9, McGraw-Hill, 1988.

Topics:

1. Parallelism and Parallel architecture
2. Shared memory multiprocessors
3. Cache coherence
4. Scalable multiprocessors
5. Multithreaded architecture
6. Interconnection networks
7. Latency Tolerance

Class Meeting:

Syllabus

Summary of Chapter 1

Summary of Chapters 5 & 6

Summary of Chapters 7 & 8

Chat rooms, Discussion, and White board at WebCT

ON-LINE COURSE MATERIAL:

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Grade at WebCT

Exams:

• Midterm 1 solution
• Midterm 2 solution

Homeworks:

• Homework #1
• Homework #1 solution
• Homework #2
• Homework #2 solution
• Homework #3
• Homework #3 solution
• Homework #4
• Homework #4 solution
• Homework #5
• Homework #5 solution

Min-You Wu, wu@eece.unm.edu