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Week
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Monday
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Wednesday
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Friday
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1
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9/27
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No class |
9/29
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Course Overview
Readings:
SimpleScalar documentation
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10/1
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Dynamic Branch Prediction...
Readings:
Hardware branch prediction pp. 197-206
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2
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10/4
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Readings:
Branch target buffers pp. 209-213
Integrated fetch unit pp. 213-214
Return address stack pp. 214-215
Pentium branches pp. 265-266
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10/6
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Readings:
Predicated Execution pp 340-344
Performance pp. A-24-A-26, Fig. 3-40 p. 249
Project Report Guidelines
Sample project report
Basic simulation homework due
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10/8
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Multiple instruction issue
Static scheduling
Readings:
Static scheduling pp. 215-220
Review of ILP, dependences, hazards pp. 171-181
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3
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10/11
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No class (conference)
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10/13
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Dynamic Scheduling...
Readings:
Origins: pp. 181-196
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10/15
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Readings:
Superscalars in a nutshell: Smith article
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4
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10/18
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Readings:
Reorder buffers pp. 224-240
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10/20
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Dynamic branch prediction homework due
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10/22
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5
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10/25
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VLIW
Readings:
General pp. 115-119
IA-64 section 4.
Trimedia TM32 pp. 367-370
Transmeta Crusoe pp. 363-367
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10/27
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Memory Hierarchy...
Readings (if you feel you need the review):
pp. 390-418
pp. 423-430
pp. 442-448
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10/29
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Readings:
Advanced cache techniques pp. 418-423
More advanced cache techniques pp. 430-443
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6
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11/1
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Readings:
Main Memory pp. section 5.8
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11/3
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Multithreading...
Readings:
Section 6.9
Fine-grain: Tera paper
Processor design homework due
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11/5
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Readings:
Simultaneous multithreading: SMT paper
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7
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11/8
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11/10
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Multiprocessors...
Readings:
Overview: section 6.1
Cache homework due
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11/12
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Discussion on RSIM
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8
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11/15
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Readings:
Cache coherence & snooping: sections 6.3 and 6.4
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11/17
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Readings:
Cache coherence & directory protocols: sections 6.5 and 6.6
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11/19
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Readings:
Synchronization: section 6.7
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9
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11/22
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11/24
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Seth Bridges: Synapse transistors
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11/26
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Holiday
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10
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11/29
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Andrew Petersen: quantum computing
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12/1
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Ben Ylvisaker: Reconfigurable architectures
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12/3
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Discussion of the final
Course evaluations
Practice final due if you want it to be part of your grade
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11
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12/6
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No class
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12/8
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No class
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12/10
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Steve Swanson: WaveScalar
Readings:
WaveScalar paper (optional)
Multiprocessor homework due
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12
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12/13
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Final Exam 2:30 - 4:20
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