Advanced Computer Architecture

Catalog description

The goal of this course is to acquire a good understanding of important current and emerging design techniques, machine structures, technology factors, and evaluation methods that will determine the form of high-performance advanced programmable processor architectures in the 21st Century. The topics covered include Simultaneous Multithreading (SMT), Vector Processing, Digital Signal Processing (DSP), Media Architectures and Processors, Re-Configurable Computing and Processors, Advanced Branch Prediction Techniques, and Redundant Arrays of Disks (RAID). The course also provides an introduction to the main concepts of parallelism including single-chip multiprocessors.