CS7290 Advanced Microarchitecture
Fall 2016
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Tentative Schedule
| Week |
Dates |
Topics |
Readings |
MISC |
| 1 |
8/22, 8/24 |
Overview and classical machines
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| 2 |
8/29, 8/31 |
front-end optimizations
| [TRACE1, BR1] |
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| 3 |
9/5, 9/7 |
front-end optimizations
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No class (9/5) |
| 4 |
9/12, 9/14 |
Scheduling
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| 5 |
9/19, 9/21 |
Microarchitecture in pipeline
| [MAC][CYL] |
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| 6 |
9/26, 9/28 |
First project presentations
| [SS] |
presentation(9/26) |
| 7 |
10/3,10/5 |
Memory system optimizations
| [RDI][PIF][UCP][AIP][TAP][COM][COM2][TLB1] |
guest lecture |
| 8 |
10/10, 10/12 |
Coherence/consistency
| [WPW][COH1][CSB][PH] |
No lecture on 10/10 (fall recess) |
| 9 |
10/17, 10/19 |
coherence/consistency
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| 10 |
10/24, 10/26 |
Coherence, TLB optimizations
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| 11 |
10/31, 11/2 |
GPU/vector architectures/Project 2nd presentations
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| 12 |
11/7, 11/9 |
GPU/vector architectures
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| 13 |
11/14, 11/16 |
3D stacking architecture/Performance & Power modeling
| [MCP][PGPU] |
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| 14 |
11/21, 11/23 |
mid-term
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No class on 11/23 |
| 15 |
11/28, 11/30 |
non-conventional architectures
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| 16 |
12/5 |
Project presentations
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