一、課程說明 (Course Desc<x>ription)
<br>This course discusses advanced techniques in the design of modern computers. 
<br>Architectural features of modern microprocessors, including advanced pipeline 
<br>designs, instruction level parallelism (ILP), branch prediction techniques, cache 
<br>memory, virtual memory subsystem, vector processing, SIMD architecture, graphics 
<br>processing units, and multicore architecture for thread-level parallelism will be 
<br>studied. Quantitative evaluation of architectural features is emphasized throughout 
<br>the course. 
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<br>二、指定用書 (Text Books)
<br>J.L. Hennessy and D. A. Patterson, Computer Architecture: A Quantitative 
<br>Approach, 5th Edition, Morgan Kaufmann Publishing Co., Menlo Park, CA., 2011.
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<br>三、參考書籍 (References)
<br>D.A. Patterson and J.L. Hennesey, Computer Organization and Design: The 
<br>Hardware/Software Interface, 5th Edition, Morgan Kaufmann Publishing Co., 2013.
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<br>四、教學方式 (Teaching Method)
<br>  - Lecture
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<br>五、教學進度 (Syllabus)
<br>  1. Fundamentals of quantitative design and analysis 
<br>  2. Memory hierarchy design 
<br>  3. Instruction-level parallelism and its exploitation
<br>  4. Data-level parallelism in vector, SIMD, and GPU architectures 
<br>  5. Thread-level parallelism 
<br>  6. Warehouse-scale computers (optional)
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<br>六、成績考核 (Evaluation)
<br>  - Homework 50% 
<br>  - Midterm exam 25% 
<br>  - Final exam 25% 
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<br>七、可連結之網頁位址
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