Week 01
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2026.03.02
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Lecture 01: Course Introduction
Lecture 02: Computer Design Fundamentals - Basics
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| 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
| #Up Now 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
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2026.03.09
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Lecture 03: Computer Design Fundamentals - Trends and Performance
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| 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 |
2026.03.16 |
Lecture 04: Memory - Basics |
| Reading: Chapter 2, Appendix B |
Week 04
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2026.03.23
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Lecture 05: Memory - Advances
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| Reading: Chapter 2, Appendix B
| Lab 01 Demo Due
| Lab 01 Report Due: March 30
| Lab 01 Tutorial
| Lab 01 Tutorial Re |
Week 05
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2026.03.30
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Presentation
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| Assignment 1 Due
| #Creating Effective Slides: Design, Construction, and Use in Science
| #TED's Secret to Great Public Speaking by Chris Anderson |
Week 06
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2026.04.13
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Lecture 06: Instruction-Level Parallelism - Static Scheduling
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| Reading: Chapter 3, Appendix C
| Lab 02 Demo Due
| Lab 02 Report Due: April 20 |
| Week 07 |
2026.04.20 |
Lecture 07: Instruction-Level Parallelism - Dynamic Scheduling |
| Reading: Chapter 3, Appendix C |
Week 08
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2026.04.27
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Lecture 07: Instruction-Level Parallelism - Dynamic Scheduling
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| Reading: Chapter 3, Appendix C
| Lab 03 Demo Due
| Lab 03 Report Due: May 11 |
Week 09
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2026.05.11
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Lecture 08: Instruction-Level Parallelism - Exploitation
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| Reading: Chapter 3, Appendix C
| Lab 04 Demo Due
| Lab 04 Report Due: May 18 |
Week 10
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2026.05.18
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Lecture 09: Data-Level Parallelism - Architecture
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| Reading: Chapter 4
| Assignment 2 Due |
| Week 11 |
2026.05.25 |
Lecture 10: Data-Level Parallelism - Exploitation |
| Reading: Chapter 4 |
Week 12
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2026.06.01
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Lecture 11: Thread-Level Parallelism - Coherence
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| Reading: Chapter 5
| Lab 05 Demo Due
| Lab 05 Report Due: June 08 |
| Week 13 |
2026.06.08 |
Lecture 12: Thread-Level Parallelism - Consistency |
| Reading: Chapter 5 |
Week 14
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2026.06.15
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Lecture 13: Thread-Level Parallelism - Exploitation
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| Reading: Chapter 5
| Assignment 3 Due |
Week 15
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2026.06.22
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Course Review
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| Reading: Chapters 1-5, Appendices A-C
| Lab 06 Demo Due
| Lab 06 Report Due: June 30 |