Course guide

Units	Suggested Learning Time	Basic Learning Materials and Readings	Complementary Study Materials and Readings	Assesment Activities and Practical Assignments	Evaluation Tests
Block 1 Fundamentals of computer design	4 hours	LN-F-001.1. Introduction (PDF) LN-F-001.2. Slides (PDF)	MR-B-001
Block 2 Performance evaluation of computer systems	14 hours	LN-F-002.1. Introduction (PDF) LN-F-002.2. Computer trends and evaluation (PDF) LN-F-002.3. Storate and reliability (PDF)	MR-B-002. MR-B-003.	EP-F-001. Exercises ( PDF ). Solution (PDF)
Block 3 Instruction level parallelism	24 hours	LN-F-003.1. Introduction (PDF) LN-F-003.2. Introduction to instruction level parallelism (PDF) LN-F-003.3. Instruction level parallelism exploitation (PDF).	MR-B-004. MR-B-005.	EP-F-002. Exercises ( PDF ). Solution (PDF)
Block 4 Memory hierarchy	28 hours	LN-F-004.1. Introduction (PDF) LN-F-004.2. Bsic cache memory (PDF) LN-F-004.3. Advanced optimizations in cache memory (PDF) LN-F-004.4. Virtualization and memory hierarchy (PDF)	MR-B-006. MR-B-007. MR-B-008.	EP-F-003. Exercises ( PDF ). Solution (PDF)
Block 5 Introduction to multiprocessors	32 hours	LN-F-005.1. Introduction (PDF) LN-F-005.2. Symmetric shared memory (PDF) LN-F-005.3. Memory consistency models (PDF) LN-F-005.4. Synchronization (PDF) LN-F-005.5. Distributed shared memory (PDF).	MR-B-009. MR-B-010. MR-B-011 MR-B-012. MR-B-013. MR-B-014.	EP-F-004. Exercises ( PDF ). Solution (PDF)
Block 6 Parallel and concurrent programming models	40 hours	LN-F-006.1. Introduction (PDF) LN-F-006.2. Parallel programming with OpenMP (PDF) LN-F-006.3. Concurrent programming in C++11 (PDF) LN-F-006.4. Memory consistency in C++ (PDF)	MR-B-15. MR-B-16. MR-B-17. MR-B-18.	EP-F-005. Exercises ( PDF ). Solution (PDF)	LB-F-001. Parallel programming with OpenMP ( PDF ). Support source code ( ZIP). LB-F-002. Concurrent programming and memory consistency ( PDF ). Support source code ( ZIP ).
Evaluation	8 hours	ET-E-001. Exam 1 ( PDF ). ET-ES-001. Exam 1 Solution ( PDF ). ET-E-002. Exam 2 ( PDF ). ET-ES-002. Exam 2 Solution ( PDF ).

Citation: Sánchez, J. D. G., Singh, D. E., Blas, J. G. (2007, October 29). Course guide. Retrieved July 07, 2020, from Web site: http://ocw.uc3m.es/ingenieria-informatica/computer-architecture/course-guide.