Fall 2015 :: CSE 610 - Parallel Computer Architectures

Due Dates

Unless stated otherwise, all deadlines are set to 11:59 PM of the respective due date.

Date What
09/16 Project proposal due
09/30 Seminar topic due
10/26 Project midterm report deadline
12/01 & 12/03 Project presentations (in class)
12/16 Project final report due

Lectures Schedule

Date What Notes
08/25 No Class
08/27 Introduction Book Chapter(s):
  • Parallel Computer Architecture: A Hardware/Software Approach, Chapter 1.
09/01 Parallel Computing Basics Reading(s):
Book Chapter(s):
  • Parallel Computer Architecture: A Hardware/Software Approach, Chapter 1.
09/03
09/08 No Class (University Break)
09/10 Shared Memory Basics Reading(s):
Book Chapter(s):
09/15
09/17
09/22 Cache Coherence Reading(s):
Book Chapter(s):
09/24
09/29
10/01
10/06
10/08 Shared-Memory Synchronization Reading(s):
Book Chapter(s):
10/13
10/15
10/20 No Class (CEWIT Conference)
10/22 Memory Consistency Models Reading(s):
Book Chapter(s):
10/27
10/29
11/03
11/06 Guest lecture by Prof. Wenisch, University of Michigan
11/10 Interconnection Networks Reading(s):
Book Chapter(s):
11/12
11/17
11/19
11/24
11/26 No Class (Thanksgiving Break)
12/01 Vector, SIMD and SIMT Processing Reading(s):
Book Chapter(s):
  • Computer Architecture: A Quantitative Approach (5th Ed), Chapter 4 and Appendix G.
12/03