COMPUTER ARCHITECTURE

Computer Engeneering - Facultad de Informática – University of Las Palmas G.C. – Las Palmas G.C. - Spain

 

Professor: Domingo Benítez  (DIS Department)

DESCRIPTION: Computer Architecture is the science and art of selecting and interconnecting hardware components to create computers that meet functional, performance and cost goals. Computer architecture is not about using computers to design buildings.

COURSE: Computer Architecture, 4th year – 1st semester (October 2007 - March 2008), each student receives 90 hours, 60 in classroom, 30 in laboratory.

 

TOPICS: processor design, memory hierarchy (cache, main memory), high-performance disk array, efficient programming, configurable hardware, computer simulation.

 

SILLABUS

  1. High Performance Fundamentals
  2. Instruction Level Parallelism
  3. Design of the Memory Hierarchy
  4. Advanced Disk Architecture
  5. Parallel Architectures

 

COMPUTER ARCHITECTURE LABORATORY

SPECIFIC OUTCOME: Each pair of students will analyze a fixed algorithm provided by the professor and try to customize the instruction set of a processor. Cycle accurate simulations will indicate which design is the best, which will receive an honour grade.

AVAILABLE RESOURCES: A laboratory with 26 Windows XP-equipped personal computers and a team of three persons for installation and maintenance of software tools.

 

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