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Course Catalog 2013-2014
TIE-51256 Computer Architecture, 5 cr |
Additional information
Suitable for postgraduate studies
Person responsible
Jarmo Takala
Lessons
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Requirements
Accepted exercise projects, one pen and paper exercise, and final exam.
Completion parts must belong to the same implementation
Learning Outcomes
The student learns to - identify the structure and the basic components of a computer architecture; - compare different architectures in terms of performance; - classify and compare the mechanisms that allow to increase the performance of a computer architecture; - reproduce the behavior of different kinds of architectures and functional blocks; - suggest how to improve the performance in a given architecture
Content
| Content | Core content | Complementary knowledge | Specialist knowledge |
| 1. | measuring reporting reporting performance | pipeline for multi-cycle operations | |
| 2. | instruction-level parallelism (ILP) | basic compiler techniques for ILP static and dynamic scheduling multiple issue multi-threading | |
| 3. | data-level parallelism | vector, SIMD, and GPU architectures | |
| 4. | thread-level parallelism | synchronization memory consistency chip multiprocessor | |
| 5. | memory hierarchy | cache optimizations parallel memories | conflict-free parallel access |
Instructions for students on how to achieve the learning outcomes
The grade is based on written exam and bonus collected from pen&paper exercises and practicals.
Assessment scale:
Numerical evaluation scale (1-5) will be used on the course
Partial passing:
Study material
| Type | Name | Author | ISBN | URL | Edition, availability, ... | Examination material | Language |
| Book | Computer Architecture: a Quantitative Approach | Hennessy and Patterson | 978-0123704900 | No | English | ||
| Book | Computer Organization and Design: The Hardware/Software Interface | Hennessy and Patterson | 978-1558604285 | No | English |
Prerequisites
| Course | Mandatory/Advisable | Description |
| TIE-51200 Tietokoneen arkkitehtuuri | Advisable |
Additional information about prerequisites
TIE-51200 or equivalent knowledge
Prerequisite relations (Requires logging in to POP)
Correspondence of content
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More precise information per implementation
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