Computer Architecture

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UNIT 1: Fundamentals of computer design.

1.1. Introduction (PDF)

1.2. Slides (PDF)

UNIT 2: Performance evaluation of computer systems.

2.1. Introduction (PDF)

2.2. Slides. Trends and evaluation (PDF)

2.3. Slides. Storage and reliability (PDF)

UNIT 3: Instruction level parallelism.

3.1. Introduction (PDF)

3.2. Slides. Introduction to instruction level parallelism (PDF)

3.3. Slides. Exploitation of instruction level parallelism (PDF)

UNIT 4: Memory hierarchy.

4.1. Introduction (PDF)

4.2. Slides. Basic cache memory (PDF)

4.3. Slides. Advanced cache memory optimizations (PDF)

4.4. Slides. Virtualization and memory hierarchy (PDF)

UNIT 5: Introduction to multiprocessors.

5.1. Introduction (PDF)

5.2. Slides. Shared Symmetric Memory Systems (PDF)

5.3. Slides. Memory consistency models (PDF)

5.4. Slides. Synchronization (PDF)

5.5. Slides. Distributed shared memory (PDF)

UNIT 6: Parallel and concurrent programming models.

6.1. Introduction (PDF)

6.2. Slides. Parallel programming using OpenMP (PDF)

6.3. Slides. Concurrent programming in C++11 (PDF)

6.4. Slides. Memory consistency in C++ (PDF)