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Advanced computer architecture

CS-470

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Enseignant(s) :

Ienne Paolo

Langue:

English

Summary

The course studies techniques to exploit Instruction-Level Parallelism (ILP) statically and dynamically. It also addresses some aspects of the design of domain-specific accelerators. Finally, it explores security challenges based on microarchitectural features and hardware isolation techniques.

Content

Pushing processor performance to its limits:

Principles of Instruction Level Parallelism (ILP)
Register renaming techniques
Prediction and speculation
Simultaneous multithreading
VLIW and compiler techniques for ILP
Dynamic binary translation

Domain specific architectures and accelerators:

Specificities of embedded vs. general computing processors
Overview of DSPs and related compilation challenges
High-Level Synthesis and accelerators

Hardware security:

Information leakage through the microarchitecture
Trusted Execution Environments
Physical side-channel attacks

Keywords

Processors, Instruction Level Parallelism, Systems-on-Chip, Embedded Systems, High-Level Synthesis, Hardware Security.

Learning Prerequisites

Required courses

CS-208 Computer Architecture I

Recommended courses

CS-209 Computer Architecture II

Important concepts to start the course

Undergraduate knowledge of digital circuit design and of computer architecture

Learning Outcomes

By the end of the course, the student must be able to:

Design strategies to exploit instruction level parallelism in processors.
Contrast static and dynamic techniques for instruction level parallelism.
Design effective processor (micro-)architectures for which efficient compilers can be written.
Develop hardware accelerators competitive to best commercial processors
Defend against security threats based on microarchitectural processor features

Teaching methods

Courses, labs, and compulsory homeworks.

Assessment methods

Homeworks (30%)

Final exam (70%)

Supervision

Office hours	No
Assistant.e.s	Yes
Forum	Yes

Resources

Virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI)

Bibliography

John L. Hennessy and David A. Patterson, Computer Architecture: A Quantitative Approach, Morgan Kaufman, 6th edition, 2017.

Ressources en bibliothèque

Computer Architecture / Hennessy

Moodle Link

https://go.epfl.ch/CS-470

Prerequisite for

CS-471 Advanced Multiprocessor Architecture

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