Advanced Computer Architecture (CS-603)
Course Outcomes:
After completion of the course students will be able to
1. Discuss the classes of computers, and new trends and developments in computer architecture
2. Study advanced performance enhancement techniques such as pipelines ,dynamic scheduling
branch predictions, caches
3. Compare and contrast the modern computer architectures such as RISC, Scalar, and multi
CPU systems
4. Critically evaluate the performance of different CPU architecture
5. Improve the performance of applications running on different CPU architectures.
6. Develop applications for high performance computing systems
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Syllabus
UNIT 1:
Flynn’s Classification, System Attributes to Performance, Parallel computer models -
Multiprocessors and multicomputers, Multivector and SIMD Computers. Data and resource
dependences, Hardware and software parallelism, Program partitioning and scheduling, Grain
size and latency, Control flow, data flow and Demand driven mechanisms. Static interconnection
networks, Dynamic interconnection Networks: Bus Systems, Crossbar Switch, Multiport
Memory, Multistage and Combining Networks
UNIT 2:
Instruction set architecture, CISC Scalar Processors , RISC Scalar Processors, VLIW
architecture, Memory Hierarchy, Inclusion, Coherence and Locality, Memory capacity planning.
Interleaved memory organization-memory interleaving, pipelined memory access, Bandwidth
and Fault Tolerance. Backplane Bus System :Backplane bus specification, Addressing and
timing protocols, Arbitration transaction and interrupt.
UNIT 3:
Linear pipeline processor, Nonlinear pipeline processor, Instruction pipeline design, Mechanisms
for instruction pipelining, pipeline hazards, Dynamic instruction scheduling -score boarding and
Tomosulo’s algorithm, Branch handling techniques, Arithmetic Pipeline Design, Static
arithmetic pipeline, Multifunctional arithmetic pipelines. Superscalar pipeline design, Super
pipeline processor design.
UNIT 4:
Cache coherence, Snoopy protocols, Directory based protocols. Message routing schemes in
multicomputer network, deadlock and virtual channel. Vector Processing Principles, Vector
instruction types, Vector-access memory schemes. Vector supercomputer architecture, SIMD
organization: distributed memory model and shared memory model. Principles of
Multithreading: Multithreading Issues and Solutions, Multiple-Context Processors
UNIT 5:
Parallel Programming Models, Shared-Variable Model, Message-Passing Model, Data-Parallel
Model, Object-Oriented Model, Functional and Logic Models, Parallel Languages and
Compilers, Language Features for Parallelism, Parallel Programming Environment, Software
Tools and Environments.
NOTES
- Unit 1
- Unit 2
- Unit 3
- Unit 4
- Unit 5
Books Recommended
1. Kai Hwang, “Advanced computer architecture”, TMH.
2. J.P.Hayes, “computer Architecture and organization”; MGH.
3. V.Rajaranam & C.S.R.Murthy, “Parallel computer”; PHI Learning.
4. Kain,”Advance Computer Architecture: -A System Design Approach”, PHI Learning
5. M.J Flynn, “Computer Architecture, Pipelined and Parallel Processor Design”; Narosa
Publishing.
6. Hwang and Briggs, “Computer Architecture and Parallel Processing”; MGH.
7. David E. Callav & Jaswinder Pal Singh Marge Kaufmann”Advance Computer
Architecture”,EIS India.
8. Sajjan G. Shiva, Taylar & Francis, “Advance Computer Architecture