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buzzword [2015/01/16 19:47] kevincha [Lecture 3 (1/17 Fri.)] |
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| + | ===== Lecture 4 (1/21 Wed.) ===== | ||
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| + | * Fixed vs. variable length instruction | ||
| + | * Huffman encoding | ||
| + | * Uniform vs. non-uniform decode | ||
| + | * Registers | ||
| + | * Tradeoffs between number of registers | ||
| + | * Alignments | ||
| + | * How does MIPS load words across alignment the boundary | ||
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| + | ===== Lecture 5 (1/26 Mon.) ===== | ||
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| + | * Tradeoffs in ISA: Instruction length | ||
| + | * Uniform vs. non-uniform | ||
| + | * Design point/Use cases | ||
| + | * What dictates the design point? | ||
| + | * Architectural states | ||
| + | * uArch | ||
| + | * How to implement the ISA in the uArch | ||
| + | * Different stages in the uArch | ||
| + | * Clock cycles | ||
| + | * Multi-cycle machine | ||
| + | * Datapath and control logic | ||
| + | * Control signals | ||
| + | * Execution time of instructions/program | ||
| + | * Metrics and what do they means | ||
| + | * Instruction processing | ||
| + | * Fetch | ||
| + | * Decode | ||
| + | * Execute | ||
| + | * Memory fetch | ||
| + | * Writeback | ||
| + | * Encoding and semantics | ||
| + | * Different types of instructions (I-type, R-type, etc.) | ||
| + | * Control flow instructions | ||
| + | * Non-control flow instructions | ||
| + | * Delayed slot/Delayed branch | ||
| + | * Single cycle control logic | ||
| + | * Lockstep | ||
| + | * Critical path analysis | ||
| + | * Critical path of a single cycle processor | ||
| + | * What is in the control signals? | ||
| + | * Combinational logic & Sequential logic | ||
| + | * Control store | ||
| + | * Tradeoffs of a single cycle uarch | ||
| + | * Design principles | ||
| + | * Common case design | ||
| + | * Critical path design | ||
| + | * Balanced designs | ||
| + | * Dynamic power/Static power | ||
| + | * Increases in power due to frequency | ||
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