Anna University B.Tech ECE (R13) 7th Sem Advanced Computer Architecture Syllabus

Advanced Computer Architecture for B.Tech 7th sem is covered here. This gives the details about credits, number of hours and other details along with reference books for the course.

The detailed syllabus for Advanced Computer Architecture B.Tech (R13) seventhsem is as follows

OBJECTIVES: The student should be made to:

• Understand the micro-architectural design of processors
• Learn about the various techniques used to obtain performance improvement and power savings in current processors

UNIT I : FUNDAMENTALS OF COMPUTER DESIGN    [9 hours]
Review of Fundamentals of CPU, Memory and IO – Trends in technology, power, energy and cost, Dependability – Performance Evaluation

UNIT II : INSTRUCTION LEVEL PARALLELISM       [9 hours]
ILP concepts – Pipelining overview – Compiler Techniques for Exposing ILP – Dynamic Branch Prediction – Dynamic Scheduling – Multiple instruction Issue – Hardware Based Speculation – Static scheduling – Multi-threading – Limitations of ILP – Case Studies.

UNIT III : DATA-LEVEL PARALLELISM                           [9 hours]
Vector architecture – SIMD extensions – Graphics  Processing units – Loop level parallelism.

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TOTAL: 45 PERIODS

OUTCOMES: At the end of the course, the student should be able to:

• Evaluate performance of different architectures with respect to various parameters
• Analyze performance of different ILP techniques
• Identify cache and memory related issues in multi-processors

TEXT BOOK:

• John L Hennessey and David A Patterson, “Computer Architecture A Quantitative Approach”, Morgan Kaufmann/ Elsevier, Fifth Edition, 2012.

REFERENCES:

• Kai Hwang and Faye Briggs, “Computer Architecture and Parallel Processing”, Mc Graw-Hill International Edition, 2000.
• Sima D, Fountain T and Kacsuk P, ”Advanced Computer Architectures: A Design Space Approach”, Addison Wesley, 2000.

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