Computer Architecture Lectures for Fall 2008
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Lecture |
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Topics |
Overheads |
Handouts |
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01 |
8/25 |
Computer Organization Review |
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02 |
8/27 |
Sections 5.1-5.4; 9.1-9.2 |
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03 |
9/2 |
Section 5.5 |
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04 |
9/4 |
Section 11.5 |
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05 |
9/9 |
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06 |
9/11 |
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07 |
9/16 |
Section 6.1 – 6.3 Memory Hierarchy |
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08 |
9/18 |
Section 6.4: Cache Memory |
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09 |
9/23 |
Section 9.4.4: Shared Memory Multiprocessors |
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10 |
9/25 |
Section 6.5 Virtual Memory |
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11 |
9/30 |
Test 1 Review |
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12 |
10/2 |
Test 1 |
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13 |
10/7 |
More about virtual memory |
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15 |
10/14 |
Section 6.6: Segmentation; Paging of segments; Examples |
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16 |
10/16 |
Hardware support for the operating system support |
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17 |
10/21 |
Sections 7.1-7.4: Amdahl's law, I/O Control Methods |
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18 |
10/23 |
Section 7.5: Bus |
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19 |
10/28 |
Magnetic Disk, RAID Introduction |
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20 |
10/30 |
RAID Arrays |
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21 |
11/4 |
Superpipeling, Superscalar, and VLIW Processors |
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22 |
11/5 |
Superscalar - Tomasula's algorithm, VLIW processors |
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23 |
11/11 |
Test 2 Review and Pentium Example: superscalar pipeline, and cache |
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24 |
11/13 |
Test 2 |
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25 |
11/18 |
Multiprocessors - SMPs |
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26 |
11/20 |
Network connected multiprocessors |
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27 |
12/2 |
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28 |
12/4 |
Threads and Multi-core processors |
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29 |
12/9 |
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30 |
12/11 |
Review for Final Exam |
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31 |
12/18 |
Final Exam – Thursday 10-11:50 AM in ITT 328 |
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