Course Details

PARALLEL ARCHITECTURES

Course Information

Semester	Course Unit Code	Course Unit Title	T+P+L	Credit	Number of ECTS Credits
1	ECE582	PARALLEL ARCHITECTURES	3+0+0	3	7,5

Course Details

Language of Instruction	English
Level of Course Unit	Master's Degree
Department / Program	ELECTRICAL AND COMPUTER ENGINEERING
Type of Program	Formal Education
Type of Course Unit	Elective
Course Delivery Method	Face To Face
Objectives of the Course	- Learn the methodology of calculating the performance of a computer - Learn the required components in a pipelined architecture - Learn designs to cope with the hazards in pipelined architectures.
Course Content	Introduction and focus Parallel Computer Architectures Parallel Programming Models Multicore Processors Asymmetric Multicore Processors Multithreading Interconnection Network Dataflow Architectures Main Memory Management
Course Methods and Techniques
Prerequisites and co-requisities	None
Course Coordinator	None
Name of Lecturers	Asist Prof.Dr. GÜLAY YALÇIN gulay.yalcin@agu.edu.tr
Assistants	None
Work Placement(s)	No

Recommended or Required Reading

Resources	Introduction and focus Parallel Computer Architectures (LO1, LO2, LO3) Parallel Programming Models (LO1, LO2, LO3) Multicore Processors (LO1, LO2, LO3) Asymmetric Multicore Processors (LO1, LO2, LO3) Multithreading (LO1, LO2, LO3) Interconnection Network (LO1, LO2, LO3) Dataflow Architectures (LO1, LO2, LO3) Main Memory Management (LO1, LO2, LO3)

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Activities are given in detail in the section of "Assessment Methods and Criteria" and "Workload Calculation"

Assessment Methods and Criteria

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ECTS Allocated Based on Student Workload

Activities	Quantity	Duration	Total Work Load
Araştırma Ödevi	1	15	15
Yazılı Sınav	1	15	15
F2F Dersi	1	3	3
Sunum	1	40	40
Final Sınavı	1	30	30
Total Work Load			Number of ECTS Credits 3,5 103

Course Learning Outcomes: Upon the successful completion of this course, students will be able to:

No	Learning Outcomes
1	LO1. evaluate the benefits/drawbacks of recent parallel architectures.
2	LO2. make a literature survey of very recent studies and to present it in front of an audience with little knowledge
3	LO3. advance the state of the art parallel architectures by making new designs.

Weekly Detailed Course Contents

Week	Topics	Study Materials	Materials
1	Introduction and Focus of Parallel Computer Architecture Instruction Level Parallelism (ILP)
2	Parallel Programming Models
3	Parallel Programming Models
4	Multicore Processors
5	Multicore Processors
6	Asymmetric Multicore Processors
7	Asymmetric Multicore Processors
8	Multithreading
9	Multithreading
10	Caching in Multicore Systems
11	Caching in Multicore Systems
12	Interconnection Network
13	GPUs
14	Main Memory Management
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Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

Contribution: 1: Very Slight 2:Slight 3:Moderate 4:Significant 5:Very Significant

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