From skadron at cs.virginia.edu  Tue Aug 16 15:25:43 2005
From: skadron at cs.virginia.edu (Kevin Skadron)
Date: Thu Mar 23 11:27:32 2006
Subject: [Ugrads07] New course announcement: CS 451,
 Advanced Processor Architecture, A Microprocessor Survey
Message-ID: <43023DB7.1070003@mail.cs.virginia.edu>

Computer Science 451
Fall 2005
Tues./Thurs., 11:00-12:15, Wilson 308

Advanced Processor Architecture: A Microprocessor Survey

Instructor: Kevin Skadron (skadron [at] cs.virginia.edu)

  	Advanced Computer Architecture is a new elective course intended to 
follow CS 333 and explore cutting edge computer architectures and 
technology trends like multi-threading, multi-core chips, overclocking, 
power- and temperature-aware design, and so forth.  This course is open 
to anyone who has completed CS 333, regardless of whether they have 
taken ECE 435 or 436.
	The course will open with a series of lectures to equalize student 
backgrounds and deepen students' understanding of modern, 
high-performance computer architecture.  The remainder of the course 
will be organized around a student-led survey of the architecture of 
selected, contemporary microprocessors.  We will compare and contrast 
these selected microprocessors and look at future product announcements. 
  Hopefully in the process, we will expose some of the subtle tradeoffs 
that make architecture such a challenging area.
	The class will be strongly discussion oriented.  Much of the course 
will be structured around presentations by teams of students.  For their 
presentations, students will be expected to gather relevant source 
material from the published literature, the Web, or inquiries made to 
the manufacturers.
	The major goals of this course are:
	  - To provide participants with a detailed knowledge of the 
architecture and organization of today's major high-performance processors
	  - To explore the wide range of architectural solutions available-and 
in use-for attacking various performance problems, and to examine their 
merits
	  - To gain an understanding of the complexity tradeoffs and technology 
challenges that drive processor design today.

	Please contact Prof. Skadron with any questions.

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skadron@cs.virginia.edu                  |   Associate Professor
http://www.cs.virginia.edu/~skadron      |   Dept. of Computer Science