CMPS 5133: Advanced Computer Architecture

Spring semester 2009

Instructor: Dr. Nelson L. Passos
Office: Bolin Science Hall 126B
Office phone: 397-4129
E-mail: nelson.passos@mwsu.edu
Webpage: cs.mwsu.edu/~passos
Office Hours: M       2:00 - 4:00 pm
  WF     9:00 - 12:00 pm
TR       3:00 - 4:00 pm
Class Hours: MW    7:00 - BO 320



Course Description: 



Comprehensive study of topics of scalable and parallel architectures, including  performance measurement, pipelining, cache and memory technology, instruction-level parallelism, 
superscalar processors, parallel processors, and multithread systems.





Text book:





Modern processor 
Design, by J. P. Shen and M. H. Lipasti (1st 
edition).



Lecture Notes: 



  
 CMPS 5133 part 1 




CMPS 5133 part 2 






Project data file: 



  
 Cache access log file 







Agenda: 


January     February     March     April     May     Grading














January






	

		
		

		
		Jan 21- 

		
		

		
		Processor design

	

	

		
		

		
		Jan 26- 

		
		

		
		Performance and ILP

	

	

		
		

		
		Jan 28-

		
		

		
		Pipelining

	











February






	

		
		

		
		Feb 2-

		
		

		
		Pipelined processor design

	

	

		
		

		
		Feb 4- 

		
		

		
		Minimizing stalls 

	

	

		
		

		 

		
		

		
		Assignment # 1

	

	

		
		

		
		Feb 9- 

		
		

		
		Commercial processors 

	

	

		
		

		
		Feb 11- 

		
		

		
		Memory fundamentals

	

	

		
		

		 

		
		

		
		Assignment # 2

	

	

		
		

		
		Feb 16- 

		
		

		
		Caching

	

	

		
		

		
		Feb 18- 

		
		

		
		Virtual memory

	

	

		
		

		 

		
		

		
		Assignment # 3

	

	

		
		

		
		Feb 23- 

		
		

		
		Page Tables

	

	

		
		

		
		Feb 25- 

		
		

		
		Page Tables

	

	

		
		

		 

		
		

		
		Assignment # 4

	













March





	

		
		

		
		Mar  2- 

		
		

		
		Input/output systems

	

	

		
		

		
		Mar 4-

		
		

		
		Input/output systems

	

	

		
		

		
		Mar 9- 

		
		

		
		Superscalar

	

	

		
		

		
		Mar 11- 

		
		

		
		Test # 1

	

	

		
		

		
		Mar 16- 

		
		

		
		Spring break

	

	

		
		

		
		Mar 18- 

		
		

		
		Spring break

	

	

		
		

		
		Mar 23- 

		
		

		
		Parallel pipelines

	

	

		
		

		
		Mar 25- 

		
		

		
		Superscalar pipelines

	

	

		
		

		 

		
		

		
		Assignment # 5

	

	

		
		

		
		Mar 30- 

		
		

		
		Branch prediction

	












April






	

		
		

		
		Apr 1- 

		
		

		
		Branch prediction

	

	

		
		

		 

		
		

		
		Assignment # 6

	

	

		
		

		
		Apr 6- 

		
		

		
		Register reuse

	

	

		
		

		
		Apr 8- 

		
		

		
		Data dependencies

	

	

		
		

		
		Apr 13- 

		
		

		
		Tomasulo algorithm

	

	

		
		

		
		Apr 15-

		
		

		
		Reservation stations

	

	

		
		

		
		Apr 20-

		
		

		
		Memory access

	

	

		
		

		
		Apr 22- 

		
		

		
		Test # 2

	

	

		
		

		
		Apr 27- 

		
		

		
		Threads (chapter 11)

	

	

		
		

		
		Apr 29- 

		
		

		
		Multi-processors

	













May






	

		
		

		
		May  4- 

		
		

		
		Multithread processors

	

	

		
		

		
		May  6- 

		
		

		
		Multithread processors

	

	

		
		

		
		May  11- 

		
		

		
		Finals (Monday, 7:30 pm)

	











Grading









 
 
Tests:  		   20 % (each) 
   
Final Exam: 	   20 %	
  
Assignments: 	   20 %	
  
Project: 	   15 %	
  
Class Participation:
   5 %	 




 



 


 


 





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