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Graduate Computer Architecture

UC Berkeley CS252

Fall 2006

Week	Lecture	Date	Day	Topic	Due
1	1	9/5	Tue	Introduction [ ppt, pdf ]
	2	9/7	Thu	Introduction [ ppt, pdf ]
2	3	9/12	Tue	Pipelining [ ppt, pdf ]
	4	9/14	Thu	Memory Hierarchy [ ppt, pdf ]
3	5	9/19	Tue	Projects + Quiz [ ppt, pdf ]	Reading 1
	6	9/21	Thu	Class discussion on “IBM360 vs B5000, RISC vs CISC” [ notes ]
4	7	9/26	Tue	Instruction Level Parallelism [ ppt, pdf ]	Reading 2 Homework 1
	8	9/28	Thu	Instruction Level Parallelism [ ppt, pdf ] class discussion on "Limits of instruction-level parallelism" [ notes ]
5	9	10/3	Tue	Limits to Instruction Level Parallelism and Multithreading [ ppt, pdf ]	Reading 3
	10	10/5	Thu	Simultaneous Multithreading [ ppt, pdf ] class discussion on "Simultaneous Multithreading: A Platform for Next Generation Processors" [ notes ]
6	11	10/10	Tue	Vector Computers [ ppt ]	Reading 4
	12	10/12	Thu	Vector Wrap-Up + Multiprocessor Intro [ ppt, pdf ] class discussion on " The CRAY-1 computer system" by R.M. Russell [ notes ]	Homework 2
7	13	10/17	Tue	Snooping Cache and Directory Based Multiprocessors [ ppt, pdf ]	Reading 5
8		10/23-27		Midterm week
9	14	10/31	Tue	Directory Based Multiprocessors [ ppt, pdf ]
	15	11/2	Thu	T1 (“Niagara”) [ ppt, pdf ]
10	16	11/7	Tue	MP Future Directions + Midterm Review [ ppt ] class discussion on "Validity of the Single Processor Approach to Achieving Large-Scale Computing Capabilities" by Gene Amdahl and "Parallel Programmer Productivity: A Case Study of Novice Parallel Programmers" by Hochstein et al.	Reading 6m
	17	11/9	Thu	Advanced Memory Hierarchy [ ppt, pdf ]	Reading 6
11	18	11/14	Tue	Advanced Memory Hierarchy 2 [ ppt, pdf ] class discussion on "Virtual Machine Monitors: Current Technology and Future Trends" by Mendel Rosenblum and Tal Garfinkel [ notes ]	Reading 7 Homework 3k m 5
	19	11/16	Thu	UltraSPARC T1: A 32-threaded CMP for Servers [ pdf ]	Reading 7
12	20	11/21	Tue	Storage [ ppt, pdf ]	6
		11/23	Thu	Thanksgiving holiday
13	21	11/28	Tue	Storage (continued) [ ppt, pdf ] class discussion on "A Case for RAID" by David Patterson, Garth Gibson and Randy Katz [ notes ]	Homework 4k
	22	11/30	Thu	Bar Career / Bad Talk Advice [ ppt, pdf ]
14	23	12/5	Tue	End of course summary, Your Cal Cultural Heritage [ pdf ]
15		12/11-15		Final exam	Final