Computer Architecture

Introduction, Instruction Set Architecture, and Microcode
-This lecture will give you a broad overview of the course, as well as the description of architecture, micro-architecture and instruction set architectures.

Pipelining Review
-This lecture covers the basic concept of pipeline and two different types of hazards.

Cache Review
-This lecture covers control hazards and the motivation for caches.

Superscalar 1
-This lecture covers cache characteristics and basic superscalar architecture.

Superscalar 2 & Exceptions
-This lecture covers the common issues for superscalar architecture.

Superscalar 3
-This lecture covers different kinds of architectures for out-of-order processors.

Superscalar 4
-This lecture covers the common methods used to improve the performance of out-of-order processors including register renaming and memory disambiguation.

VLIW 1
-This lecture covers the basic concept of very long instruction word (VLIW) processors.

VLIW2
-This lecture covers the common methods used to improve VLIW performance.

Branch Prediction
-This lecture covers the motivation and implementation of branch predictors.

Advanced Caches 1
-This lecture covers the advanced mechanisms used to improve cache performance.

Advanced Caches 2
-This lecture covers more advanced mechanisms used to improve cache performance.

Memory Protection
-This lecture covers memory management and protection.

Vector Processors and GPUs
-This lecture covers the vector processor and optimizations for vector processors.

Multithreading
-This lecture covers different types of multithreading.

Parallel Programming 1
-This lecture covers the concepts of parallelism, consistency models, and basic parallel programming techniques.

Parallel Programming 2
-This lecture covers the solutions for the consistency problem in parallel programming.

Small Multiprocessors
-This lecture covers the implementation of small multiprocessors.

Multiprocessor Interconnect 1
-This lecture covers the design of interconnects for a multiprocessor.

Multiprocessor Interconnect 2
-This lecture covers the design of interconnects for multiprocessor and network topology.

Large Multiprocessors (Directory Protocols)
-This lecture covers the motivation and implementation of directory protocol used for coherence on large multiproccesors.