Syllabus Schedule for Computer Architecture | CSC 7080, Study notes of Computer Science

Download Syllabus Schedule for Computer Architecture | CSC 7080 and more Study notes Computer Science in PDF only on Docsity! CSC 7080 – Computer Architecture Spring 2011, Syllabus Department of Computer Science, Louisiana State University Class Time & Location: Tuesdays 5:10-8:00pm, 225 Tureaud Hall Instructor: Prof. Konstantin Busch Office: 286 Coates Hall Phone: 578-7510 Email: busch [at] csc lsu edu Office Hours: Monday 1:00-2:00pm, Thursday 1:00-2:00pm Textbook: (required) Computer Architecture, A Quantitative Approach, John L. Hennessy and David A. Patterson, ISBN-13: 978-0-12-370490-0; ISBN-10: 0-12- 370490-1. Prerequisites: It is desirable to have a basic background in the topics: computer organization; pipeline design; memory hierarchies; digital design. Course Goals: The course goal is to cover fundamental ideas and approaches in modern computer architecture. To teach issues involved in CPU design and memory hierarchies. To introduce basic concepts such as pipeline design, instruction level parallelism, and cache coherence protocols. Topics Covered: Introduction to fundamentals of Computer Design (Chapter 1) Pipelining (Appendix A) Instruction Set Principles (Appendix B) Instruction Level Parallelism (Chapter 2) Limits of Instruction Level Parallelism (Chapter 3) Multiprocessors and Thread-Level Parallelism (Chapter 4) Memory Hierarchy Review (Appendix C) Memory Hierarchy Design (Chapter 5) Storage Systems (Chapter 6) Grading:  Homework assignments: 20% There will be about 4 homework assignments  Computer projects: 20%