| Competences |
| Type A | Code | Competences Specific |
| A5 | Capacitat per concebre i desenvolupar sistemes o arquitectures informàtiques centralitzades o distribuïdes integrant hardware, software i xarxes. | |
| A7 | Capacitat per definir, avaluar i seleccionar plataformes hardware i software per al desenvolupament i l’execució de sistemes, serveis i aplicacions informàtiques. | |
| CM9 | Capacitat de conèixer, comprendre i avaluar l'estructura i arquitectura dels computadors, així com els components bàsics que els conformen. | |
| CM14 | Coneixement i aplicació dels principis fonamentals i les tècniques bàsiques de la programació paral·lela, concurrent, distribuïda i de temps real. | |
| CP1 | Capacitat per tenir un coneixement profund dels principis fonamentals i models de la computació i saber-los aplicar per interpretar, seleccionar, valorar, modelar i crear nous conceptes, teories, usos i desenvolupaments tecnològics relacionats amb la informàtica. | |
| Type B | Code | Competences Transversal |
| Type C | Code | Competences Nuclear |
| C4 | Be able to express themselves correctly both orally and in writing in one of the two official languages of the URV |
| Learning outcomes |
| Type A | Code | Learning outcomes |
| A5 |
Dissenya i avalua un processador superescalar Dissenya i avalua un processador paral.lel Avalua les tècniques novedoses i avançades d’implementació dels processadors. Comprèn i aplica el fonaments bàsics de la computació paral·lela | |
| A7 |
Dissenya i avalua un processador superescalar Dissenya i avalua un processador paral.lel Avalua les tècniques novedoses i avançades d’implementació dels processadors. | |
| CM9 |
Dissenya i avalua un processador superescalar Dissenya i avalua un processador paral.lel Avalua les tècniques novedoses i avançades d’implementació dels processadors. Aplica les tècniques d’optimització de programes per a un ús eficient de l’arquitectura. Comprèn i aplica el fonaments bàsics de la computació paral·lela | |
| CM14 |
Comprèn i aplica el fonaments bàsics de la computació paral·lela | |
| CP1 |
Dissenya i avalua un processador superescalar Dissenya i avalua un processador paral.lel Aplica les tècniques d’optimització de programes per a un ús eficient de l’arquitectura. Comprèn i aplica el fonaments bàsics de la computació paral·lela | |
| Type B | Code | Learning outcomes |
| Type C | Code | Learning outcomes |
| C4 |
Produce grammatically correct oral texts. Produce well structured, clear and effective oral texts. Produce oral texts that are appropriate to the communicative situation. Produce grammatically correct written texts Produce well-structured, clear and rich written texts Produce written texts that are appropriate to the communicative situation |
| Contents |
| Topic | Sub-topic |
| 1. Evaluation of performance, consumption and cost of processors | 1.1. Key concepts: Von Neumann architecture, technologies, trends and challenges. 1.2. Performance: MIPS, MFLOPS, execution time, speedup, benchmarks, Top 500. 1.3. Amhdal's law. 1.4. Consumption: static and dynamic, chip multiprocessors, Green 500. 1.5. Die area and fabrication cost |
| 2. Analysis and design of superscalar processors | 2.1. Key concepts. 2.2. Execution model: stages. 2.3. Structures: instruction window, reservation stations, reorder buffer. 2.4. Speculative execution: branches, recovery. 2.5. Interrupts, traps, and exceptions |
| 3. Analysis of parallel processors | 3.1. Key concepts. 3.2. Multiprocessor 3.3. Cache coherence. 3.4. Multithread. 3.5. Multicore. 3.6. Other architectures 3.7. Introduction to parallel programming |
| 4. Program optimizations | 4.1. Key concepts. 4.2. Sequential optimizations. 4.3. Memory optimizations. |
| Planning |
| Methodologies :: Tests | ||||||||||
| Competences | (*) Class hours |
Hours outside the classroom |
(**) Total hours | |||||||
| Introductory activities |
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2 | 0 | 2 | ||||||
| Lecture |
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14 | 20 | 34 | ||||||
| Problem solving, classroom exercises |
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7 | 16 | 23 | ||||||
| Laboratory practicals |
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26 | 40 | 66 | ||||||
| Presentations / expositions |
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2 | 12 | 14 | ||||||
| Personal tuition |
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2 | 2 | 4 | ||||||
| Extended-answer tests |
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2 | 0 | 2 | ||||||
| Objective short-answer tests |
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2 | 0 | 2 | ||||||
| Practical tests |
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2 | 0 | 2 | ||||||
| Oral tests |
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1 | 0 | 1 | ||||||
| (*) On e-learning, hours of virtual attendance of the teacher. (**) The information in the planning table is for guidance only and does not take into account the heterogeneity of the students. | ||||||||||
| Methodologies |
| Description | |
| Introductory activities | Description of the objectives, content and assessment process. |
| Lecture | Explanation of theoretical concepts using slides and whiteboard. |
| Problem solving, classroom exercises | Exercises related to the background theory are presented to the students. |
| Laboratory practicals | Application of theoretical knowledge to specific situations, using computers, simulators and other laboratory stuff. |
| Presentations / expositions | Public presentation of a specific topic that extends the concepts introduced in lectures. |
| Personal tuition | Clarification of concepts and solving questions individually |
| Personalized attention |
| Description |
| Professor is available at his office to attend students individually in order to solve any question related to the course. |
| Assessment |
| Methodologies | Competences | Description | Weight | |||||
| Objective short-answer tests |
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Test of short questions where students must show the theoretical knowledge of the subject. | 17% | |||||
| Extended-answer tests |
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Test consisting of problem solving where students will apply theoretical knowledge of the subject. | 17% | |||||
| Practical tests |
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Working in group to develop a project: preliminary analysis, design, implementation and documentation. There will be an individual interview. | 33% | |||||
| Oral tests |
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Public presentation of a specific topic that extends the concepts introduced in lectures. | 33% | |||||
| Others |
| Other comments and second exam session | |||
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First call: continuous assessment Second call: a final exam, an individual project and an individual presentation. |
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| Sources of information |
| Basic |
Professors AC, Transparències AC , 2012, DEIM-ETSE-URV
John L. Hennessy i David A. Patterson, Computer Architecture: A Quantitative Approach,, 2006, Morgan Kaufmann
William Stallings, Computer Organization and Architecture: Designing for Performance, 2010, Pearson Education
John Paul Shen, Modern Processor Design: Fundamentals of Superscalar Processors, 2005, McGraw Hill |
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| Complementary |
Saijan Shiva, Computer Organization, Design, and Architecture, 2008, CRC Press
David Kaeli i Pen-Chung Yew, Speculative Execution in High-Performance Computer Architectures, 2005, Chapman & Hall/CRC
Parhami Behrooz, Computer Architecture: from Microprocessors to Supercomputers, 2005, Oxford University
Harvey Cragon, Computer Architecture and Implementation, 2000, Cambridge |
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(*)The teaching guide is the document in which the URV publishes the information about all its courses. It is a public document and cannot be modified. Only in exceptional cases can it be revised by the competent agent or duly revised so that it is in line with current legislation.