Multicore Architectures

Content

• Cache coherence protocols and memory consistency models
• Synchronization and Transactional memory
• Streaming processors, systolic arrays, and dataflow processors
• Vector processors
• Graphics Processing Units (GPUs)
• Thread speculation
• Interconnection networks, routing, collective communication operations
• Amdahl’s law in the multicore era, scalability analysis
• Latency hiding techniques, double buffering
• Homogeneous vs. heterogeneous multi-cores, Multiprocessor Systems on Chip (MPSoCs)
• Power consumption, voltage/frequency scaling
• Reliability, fault tolerance
• Virtualization
• 3D integration
• Real-time issues, dataflow programming models

ISIS

Slides and further information can be found on ISIS.

The password for the ISIS page is given in the lecture, lab or can be asked via a Tu-Berlin Emailadress.

Tutorial

The tutorial is a mixture of assignments and lab hours.

The assignments should consolidate the topic from the lecture. Some graded homeworks must be done.

During the lab the students must parallelize some serial programs using the pthread libraries and a novel component-oriented programming model C2. Basic knowledge of C and C++ is required. The lab assignments will be graded.

Module Examination and Grading Procedures

The exam consists of several achievements (Prüfungsäquivalente Studienleistungen): The practical work contributes with 50% and the final test with 50%. Both parts must be passed to complete the entire module.