| Description |
The focus will be on the architectural rather than
micro-architectural
issues, and a systems approach to computer architecture taking into
account the interaction between the architecture and the compiler,
operating system, database and networking.
The course will start with
superscalar/VLIW processor architecture, and proceed to memory
hierarchy,
storage systems, network hardware, graphics processor, and database
machines. The emphasis will be hands-on evaluation of architectural
ideas, the exploration of software/hardware design tradeoffs, and
the articulation of experimental procedures and performance
analysis.
A publication-quality class project will be required. |
