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Lecture 0. Course Introduction

COM515 Advanced Computer Architecture. Lecture 0. Course Introduction. Prof. Taeweon Suh Computer Science Education Korea University. Course Information. Instructor Prof. Taeweon Suh Textbooks

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Lecture 0. Course Introduction

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  1. COM515 Advanced Computer Architecture Lecture 0. Course Introduction Prof. Taeweon Suh Computer Science Education Korea University

  2. Course Information • Instructor • Prof. Taeweon Suh • Textbooks • Computer Architecture: A Quantitative Approach (Fourth Edition) by John L. Hennessy and David A. Patterson, 2007, Morgan Kaufmann • Reference • Computer Organization and Design by David Patterson and John Hennessy, 4th Ed., Morgan Kaufmann, 2009 (No Korean-translated version) • Digital Design and Computer Architecture by David Money Harris and Sarah L. Harris, Morgan Kaufmann, 2007 • Prerequisites • COMP212 Computer Architecture • COMP211 Computer Logic Design • Office hours • After class as needed • By appointment at Lyceum 307 • Contact Information • M.hoseinghadiry@gmail.com • 09185246298 • Class web page • http://a-daneshfar.ir

  3. Computer Architecture int main() { int a, b, c; a = 3; b = 9; c = a + b; return c; } • COMP211 Computer Logic Design • COMP169 C Programming • COMP166 Computer Programming • And Java, C++, C# … • Computer Architecture course is where software meets hardware

  4. Undergrad-level Computer Architecture • Topics covered include the followings • MIPS ISA (Instruction Set Architecture) • In-order microarchitecture • Single-cycle MIPS • Pipelined (5-stage) MIPS • Memory hierarchy • Registers, caches, main memory, and HDD • Virtual memory • TLB (Translation Lookaside Buffer) http://www.mips.com/

  5. Graduate-level Computer Architecture • Topics include the state-of-art technologies to increase performance in modern computers • Out-of-order microarchitecture • ILP (Instruction-level Parallelism) • Limits on ILP • TLP (Thread-level Parallelism) • Multi-core and multiprocessors • Advanced topics in memory hierarchy

  6. Grading Policy • Exams: 60% • Midterm Exam: 30% • Final Exam: 30% • Assignments: 30% • Class Presentations: 10%

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