| TDTS55 | Advanced Computer Architecture, 4,5 ECTS credits. /Datorarkitektur/ |
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Prel. scheduled
hours: 42 |
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Area of Education: Technology Subject area: Computer Systems/Computer Engineering/Electrical Engineering |
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| Advancement level
(A-D): C
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| Aim: The aim of the course is to present how modern computer systems work and are built. Methods are discussed which have been developed in order to improve the performance of current microprocessors and parallel systems. |
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| Prerequisites: (valid for students admitted to programmes within which the course is offered) TSEA04 (Switching Theory and Logical Design), TSEA19/20 (Computer Hardware and Architecture) Note: Admission requirements for non-programme students usually also include admission requirements for the programme and threshhold requirements for progression within the programme, or corresponding. |
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| Organisation: The course is organized as a set of lectures and laboratory exercises. |
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| Course contents: Instruction set, memory management and hierarchy, input/output and buses, pipelining techniques, branch prediction, RISC architectures, VLIW architectures and specific compiling techniques, superscalar architectures, out of order execution, parallel architectures and multiprocessors. |
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| Course literature: A list of recommended literature will be available in the course information. |
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| Written examination Laboratory work |
2 p 1 p |
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Course language is English. Department offering the course: IDA. Director of Studies: sas-sr@ida.liu.se Examiner: Paul Pop Course Syllabus in Swedish |
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