Lecturer	Oliver Bringmann HeadOliver Bringmann
Lecture	Dienstag, 14ct - 16 Uhr A 301, Sand 14
Instructor	Christoph Gerum ResearcherChristoph Gerum
Tutorial	Donnerstags, 12 c.t. - 14 Sand 6/7 / F121
Amount	6 CP (2 SWS)
Type of course	Lecture + Exercises
Entry in course catalog	Campus

This Lecture considers the topic of parallel computer architecture. It primarily focuses on the design principles of parallel computer architecture but covers some aspects of programming for parallel computer architecture.

The lecture considers the following topics:

• Instruction
• Level Parallelism: Superscalar Architectures, Speculative Execution, VLIW Architectures
• Multicore-/Multiprocessor-Architectures
• Caches in Shared Memory Architectures. Cache-Coherency
• Shared Memory Architectures and Synchronisation
• Quantitative Principles of Computer Architectures
• Parallel Programming Models
• Interconnection Networks (Topology, Switching, Routing)
• Domain-specific Architectures and GPGPUs
• Case Studies

Literature

J. L. Hennessy, D. A. Patterson: Computer Architecture: A Quantitive Approach, Morgan Kaufmann Publishers Inc, Elsevier, 6. Auflage, 2018.

Comment

The organisation of the corresponding exercises (group division, announcement of times and rooms, etc.) takes place in the first hour of the lecture.