Lectures related to VLIW Architectures: Compilers and Instruction Level Parallelism

Understanding Simultaneous Multithreading in Modern Processors

Covers simultaneous multithreading, its implementation, and its impact on processor performance.

Dynamic Scheduling in Processors: Enhancing Instruction Execution

Covers dynamic scheduling in processors, focusing on out-of-order execution and managing instruction dependencies effectively.

Compilers: Challenges with Digital Signal Processors

Covers the challenges of compiling for digital signal processors due to their unique architectural features and irregularities.

Instruction Set Extensions: High-Level Synthesis Techniques

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

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.

Dynamic Binary Translation: Overcoming Binary Compatibility Challenges

Covers dynamic binary translation as a solution to binary compatibility issues in computer architectures.

Prediction and Speculation in Processor Design

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

Register Renaming: Techniques and Architectures

Covers register renaming techniques essential for eliminating execution hazards in modern processors.

VLIW: Dynamically Scheduled Processors

Explores VLIW processors, focusing on scheduling complexity, ILP limitations, and code bloating.

Dynamic Scheduling

Explores dynamic scheduling in processor design to increase parallelism by executing instructions out of order, improving performance and efficiency.

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.

Data-Parallel Programming: Vector & SIMD Processors

Explores data-parallel programming with vector processors and SIMD, and introduces MapReduce, Pregel, and TensorFlow.

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.

Dynamic Scheduling: Extending Pipelining for Parallelism

Delves into dynamic scheduling to enhance pipelining and enable out-of-order execution for improved performance.

Challenges in High-Level Synthesis: Optimizing Loop Constructs

Addresses the challenges of high-level synthesis and optimizing loop constructs using the polyhedral model for improved performance and scheduling.

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Introduction to Processors

Covers the fundamentals of processors, from digital logic to program execution, including components like ALU, register file, and control logic.

MIPS ISA: Instruction Classes and Addressing Modes

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

GPUs: Multithreading and Architecture

Explores GPUs' architecture, multithreading, and their role in machine learning, discussing limitations and future trends.