CDA 5155: Computer Architecture

Lecture Notes (powerpoint format):

• Week 1 Lectures: Course introduction / ISA Design ppt

• Week 2 Lectures: Inorder pipeline design (review) ppt

• Week 3 Lectures: Branch prediction ppt

• Week 4 Lectures: Vector, VLIW, Decoupled ppt

• Week 5 Lectures: OOO pipelines (Scoreboards and Tomasulo) ppt

• Week 6&7 Lectures: Pentium Pro pipeline ppt

• Week 8 Lectures: Advanced Pipeline issues ppt

• Week 9 Lectures: Caches (part 1) ppt

• Week 10 Lectures: VM ppt

Papers Referenced in Lecture

• Combining Predictors pdf
• Pentium Pro Design Paper (IEEE Micro) pdf

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