Computer Architecture
Datorarkitektur

EITF20F, 7.5 högskolepoäng

Gäller från och med: Autumn 2017
Beslutad av: Professor Thomas Johansson
Datum för fastställande: 2018-03-02

Allmänna uppgifter

Avdelning: Electrical and Information Technology
Kurstyp: Gemensam kurs, avancerad nivå och forskarnivå
Kursen ges även på avancerad nivå med kurskod: EITF20
Undervisningsspråk: English

Syfte

The goal of this course is to introduce the operation of computer systems at the level of Instruction Set Architectures (ISA). It aims to provide a basic understanding of the design principles that govern modern computer architectures and their components. Especially it pays attention to (super scalar) pipelining and memory hierarchy techniques including caches. Implementation and efficiency issues are exemplified. Metrical performance analysis methods are discussed to evaluate architectural alternatives.

Mål

Kunskap och förståelse

För godkänd kurs skall doktoranden

• - understand a computer architecture
• - know how to quantify the potential performance of a computer
• - have an overview of the architectural alternatives and technological restrictions to solve a computing problem.

Färdighet och förmåga

För godkänd kurs skall doktoranden

• · Be skilled in establishing computer functionality
• · Be well-versed in system simulation
• · Be experienced in architecture quantification
• · Have an operational knowledge of architectures

Värderingsförmåga och förhållningssätt

För godkänd kurs skall doktoranden have learnt trade-offs in creating computer support for solving problems

Kursinnehåll

The course introduces the foundations of low-level computer functioning. The course syllabus includes, among other things, the main parts of computer system and low-level programming techniques and the techniques of RISC-processors and pipelining, cache memory and virtual memory. The course also illuminates the alternative design principles of modern computer architectures in order to provide an understanding of their impact on performance. Quantitative methods to evaluate design principles for performance constitutes an important subject of the course. In coarse overview the lectures treat: · Performance · ISA principles · Pipelining · Memory Systems - I/O, Multiprocessor

Kurslitteratur

Hennesy, J. & Patterson, D.: Computer Architecture – A Quantitative Approach. ISBN 9780123704900.

Kursens undervisningsformer

Undervisningsformer: Föreläsningar, laborationer

Kursens examination

Examinationsformer: Skriftlig tentamen, muntlig tentamen
Betygsskala: Underkänd, godkänd
Examinator:

Antagningsuppgifter

Övrig information

The course is based on EITF20 Course Coordinator: Liang Liu, liang.liu@eit.lth.se

Kurstillfällesinformation

Kontaktinformation och övrigt

Kursansvariga:
Hemsida: http://www.eit.lth.se/kurs/eitf20