Introduction to Computer Architecture

College of Computer Science and Technology, Zhejiang University, Spring 2025
Monday 10:00 - 11:35/12:25, Room 309, West 2
Monday 16:15 - 17:50, Room 511 Lab

Schedule

Week 01  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
2025.02.17  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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
 | #Echo by Us
 | #Up 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 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
2025.02.24
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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
 | #On Finding Your PhD Advisor by Kai Bu
 | #What My Mentors Taught Me by Shan Lu
Week 03  2025.03.03 Lecture 04: Memory - Basics  | Reading: Chapter 2, Appendix B
Week 04 
 
 
 
 
2025.03.10
 
 
 
 
Lecture 05: Memory - Advances
 
 
 
 
 | Reading: Chapter 2, Appendix B
 | Lab 01 Demo Due
 | Lab 01 Report Due: March 17
 | Lab 01 Tutorial
 | Lab 01 Tutorial Re
Week 05 
 
 
2025.03.17
 
 
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 
 
 
2025.03.24
 
 
Lecture 06: Instruction-Level Parallelism - Static Scheduling
 
 
 | Reading: Chapter 3, Appendix C
 | Lab 02 Demo Due
 | Lab 02 Report Due: March 31
Week 07  2025.03.31 Lecture 07: Instruction-Level Parallelism - Dynamic Scheduling  | Reading: Chapter 3, Appendix C
Week 08 
 
 
2025.04.07
 
 
Lecture 07: Instruction-Level Parallelism - Dynamic Scheduling
 
 
 | Reading: Chapter 3, Appendix C
 | Lab 03 Demo Due
 | Lab 03 Report Due: April 14
Week 09 
 
 
2025.04.14
 
 
Lecture 08: Instruction-Level Parallelism - Exploitation
 
 
 | Reading: Chapter 3, Appendix C
 | Lab 04 Demo Due
 | Lab 04 Report Due: April 21
Week 10 
 
2025.04.21
 
Lecture 09: Data-Level Parallelism - Architecture
 
 | Reading: Chapter 4
 | Assignment 2 Due
Week 11  2025.04.27 Lecture 10: Data-Level Parallelism - Exploitation  | Reading: Chapter 4
Week 12 
 
 
2025.04.28
 
 
Lecture 11: Thread-Level Parallelism - Coherence
 
 
 | Reading: Chapter 5
 | Lab 05 Demo Due
 | Lab 05 Report Due: May 12
Week 13  2025.05.12 Lecture 12: Thread-Level Parallelism - Consistency  | Reading: Chapter 5
Week 14 
 
2025.05.19
 
Lecture 13: Thread-Level Parallelism - Exploitation
 
 | Reading: Chapter 5
 | Assignment 3 Due
Week 15 
 
 
2025.05.26
 
 
Course Review
 
 
 | Reading: Chapters 1-5, Appendices A-C
 | Lab 06 Demo Due
 | Lab 06 Report Due: June 10