ECE1755 Fall 2005:
Parallel Computer Architecture and Programming

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Lectures and Other Events

Future events are tentative.
Lecture slides are available in pdf form (requiring acrobat reader).

Phase 1

Date Lecture Readings (out, due Monday night before next class) Homework/Project Out Homework/Project Due
Sep 14 Lecture 1: Administration and Background (full, 4up) Review: Wall; "Task of the Referee"; Homework1 out
Sep 21 Lecture 2: Uniprocessors and Memory Systems (full, 4up) Review: Sohi/Smith;
Sep 28 No class today. Review: Burger; CS 1;
Oct 5 Lecture 3: Trends (full, 4up) Review: Woo; CS 2,3; Homework2 out Homework1 in
Oct 12 Lecture 4: Parallel Programming (full, 4up) Review: Stenstrom CS 5,7.1-2,10.1-4
Oct 19 Lecture 5: Interconnects and Coherence (full, 4up) Review: Gharachorloo; CS 8.1-4, 9.1 Project email proposal in
Oct 26 Lecture 6: Scalable Coherence and Consistency (full, 4up) Review: Tullsen; Review: Liao; Homework2 in
CS = Parallel Computer Architecture---A Hardware/Software Approach, by Culler, Singh, and Gupta (recommended textbook, )

Phase 2

Date Lecture Readings (due Monday night before class) Presenter Project Due
Nov 2 Multithreading Review: Khailany; Review: Kumar; SMT: Patrick; Helpers: Robert Project written proposal in
Nov 9 Streaming & Vectors Review: Krashinsky; Review: Steffan; Imagine: Davor CMPs: Gokul;
Nov 16 CMPs & TLS Review: Burger; Review: Swanson; Vectors: Greg; TLS: Greg
Nov 23 EDGE Review: Taylor; Review: Budiu; TRIPS: Adam; Wavescalar: Marek Project email interim in
Nov 30 New Fabrics RAW: Greg; Spatial: Jason
Dec 7 Project Presentations project presentations (2:30-5pm)
Dec14 written report draft due; reviews due Friday Dec16;
Dec23 final written report due