13M113AOR2 - Advanced Computer Architecture and Organization

Course specification
Course title		Advanced Computer Architecture and Organization
Acronym		13M113AOR2
Study programme		Electrical Engineering and Computing
Module
Type of study		master academic studies
Lecturer (for classes)		professor PhD Zaharije Radivojević
Lecturer/Associate (for practice)		asst. MA Jovan Đukić, electrical and computer engineer asst. MA Danko Miladinović, electrical and computer engineer
Lecturer/Associate (for OTC)		asst. MA Jovan Đukić, electrical and computer engineer asst. MA Danko Miladinović, electrical and computer engineer
ESPB		6.0	Status	elective
Condition		Understanding concepts from courses: Fundamentals of Computer Engineering 2, Computer Architecture, Computer Architecture and Organization 1
The goal		Introduction of advanced concepts of computer architecture and organization (CAO). Training students to develop and optimize programs using advanced CAO concepts. Usage of tools and techniques for analysis, virtualization and parallelization of modern X86 and ARM architectures.
The outcome		Upon completion of the course, students will be able to: understand advanced CAO concepts; develop and optimize programs using advanced CAO concepts; utilize tools and techniques for analysis, virtualization and parallelization.
Contents
URL to the subject page		https://rti.etf.bg.ac.rs/rti/ir3ar2/index.html
URL to lectures		https://teams.microsoft.com/l/team/19%3a2a49d592f71c4e399b71922c78036ff2%40thread.tacv2/conversations?groupId=83995345-8537-4af6-9127-92b92a2f540e&tenantId=1774ef2e-9c62-478a-8d3a-fd2a495547ba
Contents of lectures		Fundamentals of Quantitative Design and Analysis. Advanced topics in Memory Hierarchy Design: Cache memory, RAM. Virtualization techniques. Translating architectures. Multithread support. Vector, SIMD, and GPU Architectures. Implementations with modern X86 and ARM architectures. Domain-Specific Architectures. Optimization of programs based on knowledge of CAO.
Contents of exercises		Fundamentals of Quantitative Design and Analysis. Advanced topics in Memory Hierarchy Design: Cache memory, RAM. Virtualization techniques. Translating architectures. Multithread support. Vector, SIMD, and GPU Architectures. Implementations with modern X86 and ARM architectures. Domain-Specific Architectures. Optimization of programs based on knowledge of CAO.
Literature
Hennessy, Patterson, Computer Architecture. A Quantitative Approach (6th Edition), Morgan Kaufmann, 2017. Patterson, Hennessy, Computer Organization and Design: The Hardware-Software Interface (5th Edition), Morgan Kaufmann, 2013. William Stallings - Computer Organization and Architecture Designing for Performance (10th Edition), Pearson, 2015. J. Đorđević et al., Computer Architecture and Organization, Collection of problems, http://rti.etf.bg.ac.rs/rti/ J. Đorđević, Computer Architecture and Organization , http://rti.etf.bg.ac.rs/rti/
Number of hours per week during the semester/trimester/year
Lectures	Exercises	OTC	Study and Research	Other classes
2	2	1
Methods of teaching		Lectures, exercises, laboratory exercises and project.
Knowledge score (maximum points 100)
Pre obligations		Points	Final exam	Points
Activites during lectures		0	Test paper	20
Practical lessons		15	Oral examination	45
Projects		0
Colloquia		20
Seminars		0