一、課程說明(Course Desc<x>ription) 
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<br>We will discuss several advanced concepts of computer architecture for modern machines. The focus will be 
<br>on both single-thread and multi-core performance. The parallelism of instruction execution, data/vector, and 
<br>threads are examined in details. The concepts will be reinforced through programming assignments. Students 
<br>will perform hands-on simulation and analysis of several architecture techniques. It is recommended that 
<br>students have taken undergraduate computer architecture course.
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<br>二、教科書(Textbooks) 
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<br>“Computer Architecture --- A Quantitative Approach” by John Hennessy and David Patterson, 6th Edition, 
<br>2017, Morgan Kaufmann
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<br>三、參考書籍(References) 
<br>* Microprocessor Architecture -- From Simple Pipelines to Chip Multiprocessors. Jean-Loup Baer, Cambridge 
<br>Univ. Press, 2009.
<br>* A Primer on Memory Consistency and Cache Coherence, by Daniel J. Sorin, Mark D. Hill, David A. Wood, 
<br>Morgan & Claypool Publishers, 1st edition, 2012
<br>* Memory Systems: Cache, DRAM, Disk by Bruce Jacob and David Wang, Morgan Kaufmann, 2010
<br>* Multi-Core Cache Hierarchies, by Rajeev Balasubramonian, Norman Jouppi, and Naveen Muralimanohar, 
<br>Morgan & Claypool 2011.
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<br>四、教學方式 (Teaching Method) 
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<br>Lectures (online streaming if necessary).
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<br>五、教學進度(Syllabus) 
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<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 to Exploit Request-Level and Data-Level Parallelism
<br>7.	Domain-Specific Architectures
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<br>六、成績考核(Evaluation) 
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<br>* Assignments 40% 
<br>* Exam 60% 
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<br>七、課程先修 (Prerequisite)
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<br>未修過先修課程不建議修，請考慮大學部計算機結構(EE3450)。
<br>* C/C++ Programming 
<br>* Logic Design
<br>* Computer Architecture
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<br>八、加簽請至校務資訊系統使用線上加簽登記，請注意因應疫情，加簽人數有上限。未修過先修課程請勿加簽。
<br>       Please register through Academic Information Systems for signing up the course. Note that due to 
<br>pandemic, we will have a limited number of seats. Do not sign up if you have not taken prerequisites.
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<br>九、可連結之網頁位址 (Course material and streaming li<x>nk)
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<br>* eeclass.nthu.edu.tw 
<br>* Teams: EE6455高等計算機結構 (2021 Fall)
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