6422

CSE 6422: Advanced Computer Architecture
Spring 2023

Instructor: Prof. Dhabaleswar K. (DK) Panda

Office: DL 785, Tel: 2-5199
E-mail:panda@cse.ohio-state.edu

Course Details:

6422-0030 (36082)

Class Hours:

MW 11:10 am - 12:30 pm

Class Location:

Baker Systems 140

Prerequisite:

CSE 6421 and CSE 5449; or permission of the instructor

Course Objectives:

To study the principles of advanced computer architecture.
To understand the implications of different ways of using hardware parallelism (multi-core, interconnect, and GPUs/FPGAs/acclerators).
To learn the architectural design issues in shared memory distributed-memory, distributed shared memory, and massively-parallel systems.
To understand and appreciate architectural designs in past and present (state-of-the-art systems including multi-core and accelerators) computer systems.
To gain experience in analyzing/solving architectural design problems.
To understand the future trends in parallel computer architectures.

Text:

We will be using the following two textbooks.

Interconnection Networks: An Engineering Approach by Jose Duato, Sudhakar Yalamanchili, and Lionel Ni, IEEE Computer Society Press, June 1997. ( Duato )
Computer Architecture: A Quantitative Approach by John Hennessy and David A. Patterson, Morgan Kaufmann. (HP)

We will also be using some selected papers from recent literature to supplement the book chapters. Electronic or hardcopy versions of these papers will be provided.

Grading Plan:

There are four components:

  
- Class participation and discussion           (10%)
- Homeworks (3x5)                              (15%)
- Final exam                                   (40%)
- Project                                      (35%)

Class Project:

Due to the research-oriented nature of this course, the project will play an important part in the learning experience and in the grading process. Projects will be evaluated based on their technical quality, originality, depth of analysis, and completeness.

Projects will be mostly done in an individual manner. Maximum two people may be in a group if the scope of the project is big and there is sufficient understanding between the members that both will contribute equally to the success of the project (members will get the same grade in project). The project will be research-oriented. Depending on the nature of the topic, it may consist of one or more of the following components: theory, design, analysis, simulation, or experimental results.

You are free to consult with me while defining the project and working on it during the semester. Those who have been already involved in the group (or in 6429 class) can carry out their projects. I will suggest a set of topics for other new students. The new students can work work with the current students in my group on these projects.

CSE 6422: Advanced Computer Architecture Spring 2023