CP-226: Computer Architecture

Semester: Jan - Apr 2013

Instructor: Virendra Singh

Class Timing: [5:00 pm – 6:00 pm (Monday), 9:00 am - 10:00 am (Wednesday), 10:00 am -11:00 am (Friday)]

Syllabus:

Class Schedule:

25 Jan	Course Introduction	Course Introduction
28 Jan	Computer Systems	Computer system fundamental
30 Jan	Historical events	Historical events in computer systems
01 Feb	Performance	Performance measurements
07 Feb	ISA-1	Instruction Set Architecture
08 Feb	ISA-2	Instruction Set Architecture
10 Feb	RISC Design-1	RISC Design: Single cycle implementation
11 Feb	RISC Design-2	RISC Design: Multi-cycle implementation
19 Feb	RISC Design -3	RISC Design: Performance enhancement, pipelining
20 Feb	RISC Design-4	Pipeline principles
22 Feb	RISC Design-5	Pipeline hazards
27 Feb	RISC Design-6	Pipeline hazards
06 Mar	RISC Design-7	Pipeline hazards
13 Mar	RISC Design-8	Performance evaluation and road ahead
15 Mar	Memory System-1	Memory System
16 Mar	Memory System-2	Memory Hierarchy Design: Caches
03 Apr	Memory System-3	Memory Hierarchy Design: Caches for pipelined processors
05 Apr	Memory System-4	Memory Hierarchy Design: Caches for pipelined processors
05 Apr	Memory System-5	Performance evaluation and enhancement
10 Apr	Memory System-6	Register file and virtual memory
12 Apr	Memory System-7	Virtual Memory
17 Apr	Memory System-8	Memory system summary
19 Apr	Beyond pipelining	Beyond pipelining: An introduction to superscalar architecture
23 Apr	IO Sysems-1	Input/Output systems: Disk
24 Apr	IO Systems-2	IO Systems interfacing