SCHEME/SYLLABUS : MCA(SE)
(Fifth Semester)

Code No. : IT – 811
Paper: Advanced Computer Architecture

Parallel computer models: The state of computing , Multiprocessors and multicomputers, Multivector and SIMD computers, Architectural development tracks

Program and network properties :Conditions of parallelism, Data and resource dependences,Hardware and software parallelism,Program partitioning and scheduling, Grain size and latency, Program flow mechanisms,Control flow versus data flow,Data flow architecture,Demand driven mechanisms,Comparisons of flow mechanisms

System Interconnect Architectures : Network properties and routing, Static interconnection networks,Dynamic interconnection Networks,Multiprocessor system interconnects,Hierarchical bus systems, Crossbar switch and multiport memory,Multistage and combining network.

Processors and Memory Hierarchy : Advanced processor technology, Instruction-set Architectures,CISC Scalar Processors, RISC Scalar Processors, Superscalar Processors,VLIW Architectures, Vector and Symbolic processors

Memory Technology :Hierarchical memory technology, Inclusion, Coherence and Locality, Memory capacity planning, Virtual Memory Technology

Backplane Bus System :Backplane bus specification, Addressing and timing protocols, Arbitration transaction and interrupt, Cache addressing models, Direct mapping and associative caches.

Pipelining :Linear pipeline processor, Nonlinear pipeline processor, Instruction pipeline design, Mechanisms for instruction pipelining, Dynamic instruction scheduling, Branch handling techniques, Arithmetic Pipeline Design, Computer arithmetic principles, Static arithmetic pipeline, Multifunctional arithmetic pipelines

Vector Processing Principles : Vector instruction types, Vector-access memory schemes.

Synchronous Parallel Processing : SIMD Architecture and Programming Principles, SIMD Parallel Algorithms, SIMD Computers and Performance Enhancement

Text:

1. Kai Hwang, “Advanced computer architecture”; TMH.

References:

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Kai Hwang and Zu, “Scalable Parallel Computers Architecture”; MGH.
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6. M.J Flynn, “Computer Architecture, Pipelined and Parallel Processor Design”; Narosa Publishing.
7. D.A.Patterson, J.L.Hennessy, “Computer Architecture :A quantitative approach”; Morgan Kauffmann feb,2002.
8. Hwan and Briggs, “ Computer Architecture and Parallel Processing”; MGH.

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