Computer Architecture

Wright State University CORE Scholar

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Fall 2012

CEG 7350-01: Computer Architecture

Soon M. Chung Wright State University - Main Campus, [email protected]

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This Syllabus is brought to you for free and open access by the College of Engineering & Computer Science at CORE Scholar. It has been accepted for inclusion in Computer Science & Engineering Syllabi by an authorized administrator of CORE Scholar. For more information, please contact library [email protected]. CEG 7350 Computer Architecture

Fall Quarter, 2012

Description: Review of sequential computer architecture and study of parallel com puters. Topics include memory hierarchy, reduced instruction set computer, pipeline processing, multiprocessing, various parallel computers, and interconnection net works.

Prerequisite: CEO 6350 Operating Systems Internals and Design, or equivalent Prerequisite Topics: Process management, CPU scheduling, and Memory management.

Instructor: Dr. Soon M. Chung, 403 Russ Engineering Center (937-775-5119) [email protected], http://www.cs. wtigh t.edurschung

Class: M. W. 6:10-7:30 pm at 155 Russ Center.

Office hour: M. W. 4:45-5:45 pm at 403 Russ, or by appointment. *use e-mail for short questions.

Text Book: • J. L. Hennessy and D. A. Patterson, Computer Architecture, 5th edition, Morgan Kaufmann, 2011.

References: • K. Hwang, Advanced Computer Architecture: Parallelism, Scalability, and Programmability, McGraw-Hill, 1993. • A. Silberschatz, P. Galvin, and G. Gagne, Operating System Concepts.

Topics: Review of OS Concepts Overview of Computer architecture and Parallel Processing Processors Memory Hierarchy Design Main Memory Management Memory Interleaving and Access Cache Memory Management and Multicache Coherence Interconnection Systems Redundant Anay of Inexpensive Disks (RAID) Message-passing Architecture and Routing Mechanism Realtime Systems Fundamentals of Quantitative Design and Analysis Instruction Level Parallelism and Its Exploitation Data Level Parallelism in Different Architectures

Grading: A:[85,100], B:[75,85), C:[65,75), D:[55,65), F:[0,55) - Midterm 30% (10/17, W.), Project 30%, Final 40% (12112, W., 5:45-7:45 pm) Project is paper-review or design/implementation. Select one by 10/17. The final report is due on the last class, 12/12. (1) Paper-review project {papers reviewed 7%, technical quality 8%, presentation 6%, discussion 9%} (2) Design/implementation project 30% {originality 7%, technical quality 8%, presentation 6%, discussion 9%}

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1 Do either (A) or (B): (A) Design, implementation, and/or performance analysis (i.e., deterministic modeling, analytical modeling, or simulation) of a computer system component. (B) Design a parallel algorithm or implement an existing parallel algorithm using MPI (Message Passing Interface) or Java RMI.

2. Submit a desciiption of your topic and a list of reference documents (if any). (due 10/17) 3. Present in the class and submit the report (report due: 12/12) 4. Size of the report is between around 20 pages in double-space. 5. This project can be done as an individual project or a team (of two) project.

Possible Topics • Memory/cache management in multiprocessor system. • MIMD machines •Fault tolerant computing • Parallel algorithms for numeric or nonnumeric computation. • Performance evaluation of parallel computers • Interconnection networks • Datallow machines • Systolic anay • Optical computing • Application-specific architectures, such as database machines, Image processing machine, etc. • Artificial neural networks • RAID (Redundant Anay of Inexpensive Disks) • Multicore Processors • Multimedia Systems • Cluster computing • Grid computing • Other relevant topics

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