CS527 Parallel Computer Architecture

CS527 Parallel Computer Architecture

Department of Computer Science

University of Crete

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Course Type:	Link to online course catalogue.
Semester:	Fall 2022
Instructors:	Angelos Bilas

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Course Info Syllabus Assignments

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Announcements

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Date	Announcement
12-Sep-2022	First class on Mon 26 September 2022, 10:00-12:00 Physical attendance: H.206

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Course Information

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Description

This course discusses the design, implementation, and evaluation of parallel computer architectures. Topics include: Shared address space and message passing programming paradigms, interactions between parallel programs and the underlying architecture, design and implementation of small and large-scale shared memory and message passing multiprocessors, issues in network interface design and scalable interconnection networks, clusters of workstations, performance evaluation.

Instructor

Instructor	Office	Email	Office Hours
Angelos Bilas	K-325	b i l a s @ c s d . u o c . g r	After class or by appointment

Schedule

Lecture 1	Lecture 2	Backup Lecture
Mon 10:00-12:00, H.206	Wed 10:00-12:00, H.206	Fri 12:00-14:00, H.206

Reading Material

Items and research publications, as listed in each lecture in the syllabus.
Parallel Computer Architecture: A Hardware/Software Approach. David Culler and J.P. Singh, with Anoop Gupta, Morgan Kaufmann Publishing Co., Menlo Park, CA, 1998. [online book draft]
Optional reading: (book) Shared-Memory Synchronization. Michael L. Scott. 2013. Morgan & Claypool Publishers. https://doi.org/10.2200/S00499ED1V01Y201304CAC023 [online pdf for preliminary draft]
Optional reading: (book) A Primer on Memory Consistency and Cache Coherence. Daniel J. Sorin, Mark D. Hill, and David A. Wood. 1st Edition. Morgan & Claypool Publishers ©2011. ISBN:1608455645 9781608455645. [online pdf for preliminary draft]

Mark Distribution (Tentative)

The course for the mark will be computed from the assignments, class participation, and a final project.

Class participation: 15%
Assignments: 55% = 25% + 15% + 15%
Project: 30%

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