Teaching GuideTerm Faculty of Computer Science |
Grao en Enxeñaría Informática |
Subjects |
Computer Structure |
Contents |
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Identifying Data | 2023/24 | |||||||||||||
Subject | Computer Structure | Code | 614G01012 | |||||||||||
Study programme |
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Descriptors | Cycle | Period | Year | Type | Credits | |||||||||
Graduate | 1st four-month period |
Second | Obligatory | 6 | ||||||||||
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Topic | Sub-topic |
1. Performance evaluation | 1. Introduction 2. Definition of performance metrics 3. Performance evaluation and comparison 4. Measurement techniques and benchmarks |
2. Instruction level parallelism | 1. Introduction 2. Instruction level dependences and parallelism 3. Hazards 4. MIPS pipeline |
3. Branch management | 1. Static techniques 2. Dynamic techniques 3. Branch delay |
4. Memory systems | 1. Introduction 2. Main memory 3. Memory hierarchy |
5. Caches | 1. Introduction 2. Operation of the cache system 3. Cache performance metrics 4. Optimization techniques |
6. Virtual memory | 1. Introduction 2. Pagination 3. Segmentation |
7. Storage systems | 1. Basics 2. Types of storage systems 3. RAID |
8. Buses: connection of I/O and CPU/Memory | 1. Introduction 2. Buses and interconnection 3. Examples of standard buses |
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