11CS310 ADVANCED COMPUTER ARCHITECTURE Credits: 4:0:0 ...

Credits: 4:0:0
11CS310 ADVANCED COMPUTER ARCHITECTURE
Course Objectives:
• To have a detailed study on computer architecture concepts
• To study on different architectures and design principles
• To study on pipelining, parallel computer models and memory concepts
Unit I
Parallel Computer Models: Introduction, Flynn's classification, Parallel & Vector Computers
system Attributes to performance, implicit & Explicit parallelism, shared, Memory
Multiprocessors. Uniform and Non-uniform Memory Access and Cache only Memory Access
Models, distributed Memory Multicomputers Multivector & SIMD Computers, PRAM and VLSI
Models.
Unit II
Fundamentals of Computer Design: Introduction – Measuring and Reporting performance –
Quantitative Principles of computer design. Instruction set Principles and Examples:
Introduction– Classifying Instruction set Architectures – Memory Addressing – Addressing
Modes for signal processing – Type and size of operands
Unit III
Pipelining: Introduction – The Major Hurdle of pipelining – pipeline Hazards – Implementation
– Extending the MIPS pipeline to handle multicycle operations
Unit IV
Instruction – Level parallelism: concepts and challenges – overcoming data Hazards with
Dynamic scheduling – Dynamic scheduling: Examples and the Algorithm – Reducing Branch
costs with Dynamic Hardware Prediction – High Performance instruction delivery – Taking
advantage of More ILP with Multiple Issue – Hardware – Based speculation – Studies of the
Limitations of ILP – Limitations of ILP for Realizable processors – thread level parallelism
Unit V
Processors and Memory hierarchy: CISC & RISC Architectures, CISC Family, RISC scalar
processors, Super Scalar Processors and their features. Very Long Instruction word Architecture
vector & Symbolic processors, Memory Hierarchy.
Text Book:
1. John L. Hennessy and David Patterson, Computer Architecture, A Quantitative
Approach, Fourth Edition, Elsevier, 2006. ISBN-13: 9780123704900.
2. Kai Hwang, Advanced Computer Architecture, Parallelism, Scalability, Programmability,
McGraw-Hill, ISBN 0070316228.
Reference Books:
1. Barry Wilkinson and Michael Allen, Parallel Programming: Techniques and Applications
Using Networked Workstations and Parallel Computers, 2nd Edition, Prentice Hall, 2005.
ISBN 0-13-140563-2.

2. K.IIWANG & E.A.BRIGGS, Computer Architecture and Parallel Processor, McGraw-
Hill, New York, 1984.
3. H.S.STONE, High Performance Computer Architecture, Addison Wesley, Reading Mass,
1999.
4. W.STALLINGS, Computer Organization & Architecture, Second Edition, 1990.