Lectures related to Microarchitecture

Micro-architectural Analysis of Database Workloads

Explores the micro-architectural analysis of modern DBMS, focusing on performance optimization and data cache stall mitigation.

Instruction Set Extensions: High-Level Synthesis Techniques

Covers instruction set extensions and high-level synthesis techniques for optimizing embedded processors.

Multi-threaded Processors

Covers the basics of multi-threaded processors, including design, performance impact, and pipeline utilization.

Designing Datapath and Control Logic for ISA Instructions

Explores the design of datapath and control logic for executing ISA instructions, focusing on hardwired control and performance analysis.

Pipelining: Enhancing Computer Architecture Performance

Covers pipelining in computer architecture, focusing on its role in enhancing performance through instruction-level parallelism and addressing associated challenges.

Parallelism: Programming and Performance

Explores parallelism in programming, emphasizing trade-offs between programmability and performance, and introduces shared memory parallel programming using OpenMP.

Examples of Scheduling

Covers examples of scheduling in different architectures and compares cycle requirements and CPI of a MIPS program.

Prediction and Speculation in Processor Design

Covers prediction and speculation techniques in processor design to enhance performance and reduce execution delays.

Computer Engineering: CPU Performance

Explores the evolution of CPU performance and architectural advancements in computer engineering.

X86 and ARM: Processors Evolution and Microarchitectures

Explores the evolution and microarchitectures of x86 and ARM processors, from early designs to modern advancements.

Examples of Scheduling

Covers examples of scheduling in different architectures and compares cycle requirements and CPI of a MIPS program.

Register Machine

Covers the efficiency of register machines over stack machines, memory organization, and mapping instructions.

Multi-Cycle MIPS Processor

Explores the design and performance analysis of a Multi-Cycle MIPS Processor compared to a Single-Cycle Processor, emphasizing benefits and downsides.

Architecture Essentials: Understanding Computer Systems

Provides an overview of computer architecture, focusing on the von Neumann architecture and its components, including the CPU and memory management units.

Microarchitectural Side-Channel Attacks: Security Implications and Techniques

Covers microarchitectural side-channel attacks, their mechanisms, and implications for hardware security.

MIPS ISA: Instruction Classes and Addressing Modes

Explores MIPS ISA instruction classes, memory organization, and addressing modes, including examples and endianness.

GPUs: Introduction to CUDA

Introduces the basics of GPUs, CUDA programming, and thread synchronization for parallel computing applications.

Fragmentation and Segmentation: Memory Management Techniques

Covers fragmentation and segmentation, focusing on memory management techniques and their implications for system performance.

Micro-architectural Analysis of OLAP: Limitations and Opportunities

Explores the limitations and opportunities of OLAP workloads in terms of CPU cycles usage and processor architectures.

Page Tables: Memory Management in Computer Systems

Covers the organization and management of page tables in computer systems, focusing on their structure, challenges, and the advantages of multi-level page tables.