13D111OPA - Selected Topics in Architecture of Computer Systems

Course specification
Course title		Selected Topics in Architecture of Computer Systems
Acronym		13D111OPA
Study programme		Electrical Engineering and Computing
Module		Computer Engineering and Informatics
Type of study		doctoral studies
Lecturer (for classes)		professor PhD Zaharije Radivojević
Lecturer/Associate (for practice)
Lecturer/Associate (for OTC)
ESPB		9.0	Status	elective
Condition		none
The goal		Introduce concepts of computer systems based on various levels of parallelisms (instruction level, data level, thread level, warehouse level).
The outcome		By the end of this course, students will be able to: understand concepts of computer systems based on various levels of parallelisms; use literature with the aim to deepen their knowledge in this field.
Contents
Contents of lectures		Instruction level parallelism. Branch costs. Data hazards. Speculations. Data level parallelism. Vector, SIMD and Graphics processors. Thread level parallelism. Centralized shared memory. Distributed shared memory. Synchronization. Consistency. Warehouse scale computers. Programming model. Physical infrastructure. Cloud computing.
Contents of exercises		no
Literature
D. Patterson, J. Hennessy, Computer Architecture, A Quantitative Approach, Morgan Kaufmann Publishers, USA, 5th ed., 2011 D. Patterson, J. Hennessy, Computer Organization and Design, The Hardware/Software Interface, Morgan Kaufmann Publishers, USA, 4rd ed. 2011. M. Flynn, Computer Architecture, Pipelined and paralle processor design, Jones and Bartlett Publishers, Inc. USA, 1995.
Number of hours per week during the semester/trimester/year
Lectures	Exercises	OTC	Study and Research	Other classes
6
Methods of teaching		lectures
Knowledge score (maximum points 100)
Pre obligations		Points	Final exam	Points
Activites during lectures		0	Test paper	70
Practical lessons		0	Oral examination	0
Projects
Colloquia		30
Seminars		0