Introduction to Computer Architecture

College of Computer Science and Technology, Zhejiang University, Fall 2022
Wednesday 08:00 - 11:35/12:25, Cao Guangbiao Building West Wing
Room 201 Lecture, Room 301 Lab

Schedule

Week 01  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
2022.09.14  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Lecture 01: Course Introduction
Lecture 02: Computer Design Fundamentals - Basics
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 | Reference Syllabus by Prof. Xiaohong Jiang
 | #Q11 Compilation by Us
 | #One of A Kind by Us
 | #Enjoy Being You by Us
 | #Shine Your Way by Us
 | #Teach to Learn: A Privilege of Junior Faculty by Kai Bu
 | #The 3 Secrets of Highly Successful Graduates by Reid Hoffman
 | #What's Your Dream by LinkedIn
 | Reading: Chapter 1, Appendix A
Week 02 
 
 
 
 
 
2022.09.21
 
 
 
 
 
Lecture 03: Computer Design Fundamentals - Trends and Performance
 
 
 
 
 
 | Reading: Chapter 1, Appendix A
 | #You and Your Research by Richard Hamming
 | #How to Write a Great Research Paper by Simon Peyton Jones
 | #How to Give a Great Research Talk by Simon Peyton Jones
 | #A Radical New Way to Control the English Language by George Gopen
 | #How to Do Good Research by Frédo Durand
Week 03  2022.09.28 Lecture 04: Memory - Basics  | Reading: Chapter 2, Appendix B
Week 04 
 
 
 
 
2022.10.12
 
 
 
 
Lecture 05: Memory - Advances
 
 
 
 
 | Reading: Chapter 2, Appendix B
 | Lab 01 Demo Due
 | Lab 01 Report Due: October 19
 | Lab 01 Tutorial
 | Lab 01 Tutorial Re
Week 05 
 
 
2022.10.19
 
 
Presentation
 
 
 | Assignment 1 Due
 | #Creating Effective Slides: Design, Construction, and Use in Science
 | #TED's Secret to Great Public Speaking by Chris Anderson
Week 06 
 
 
2022.10.26
 
 
Lecture 06: Instruction-Level Parallelism - Static Scheduling
 
 
 | Reading: Chapter 3, Appendix C
 | Lab 02 Demo Due
 | Lab 02 Report Due: November 02
Week 07  2022.11.02 Lecture 07: Instruction-Level Parallelism - Dynamic Scheduling  | Reading: Chapter 3, Appendix C
Week 08 
 
 
2022.11.09
 
 
Lecture 07: Instruction-Level Parallelism - Dynamic Scheduling
 
 
 | Reading: Chapter 3, Appendix C
 | Lab 03 Demo Due
 | Lab 03 Report Due: November 16
Week 09 
 
 
 
2022.11.16
 
 
 
Lecture 08: Instruction-Level Parallelism - Exploitation
 
 
 
 | Reading: Chapter 3, Appendix C
 | Assignment 2 Due
 | Lab 04 Demo Due
 | Lab 04 Report Due: November 23
Week 10  2022.11.23 Lecture 09: Data-Level Parallelism - Architecture  | Reading: Chapter 4
Week 11  2022.11.30 Lecture 10: Data-Level Parallelism - Exploitation  | Reading: Chapter 4
Week 12 
 
 
2022.12.07
 
 
Lecture 11: Thread-Level Parallelism - Coherence
 
 
 | Reading: Chapter 5
 | Lab 05 Demo Due
 | Lab 05 Report Due: December 14
Week 13  2022.12.14 Lecture 12: Thread-Level Parallelism - Consistency  | Reading: Chapter 5
Week 14 
 
2022.12.21
 
Lecture 13: Thread-Level Parallelism - Exploitation
 
 | Reading: Chapter 5
 | Assignment 3 Due
Week 15 
 
 
2022.12.28
 
 
Course Review
 
 
 | Reading: Chapters 1-5, Appendices A-C
 | Lab 06 Demo Due
 | Lab 06 Report Due: January 02