AVDARK, Schedule 2010

Lectures1 : Memory System

#	Day	Time	Room	Topic	Lecturer ***)
1	Thu 2 sept	08-10	1211	Welcome, intro and caches	EH
2	Mo 6 sep	15-17	1211	Caches and virtual memory	EH
3	Tue 7 sep	10-12	1211	Virtual memory and Microbenchmarks	EH
4	Fri 10 sep	10-12	1211	Profiling and optimizing for the memory system	EH
5	Tue 14 sep	08-10	1211	Introduction to SIMICS and Lab1 intro	AS, DE

Lab 1: Caches and memory
Tue 14 sep	9-12	1549D	Preparation slot *)
Wed 15 sep	8-12	1549D	Group A **)
Thu 16 sep	8-12	1549D	Group B **)
Fr 17 sep	8-12	1549D	Group C **)

Hard deadline => solutions handed after deadline will be ignored

2010-09-20 at 08:14: Lab 1 (or use the lab occasions).
2010-09-20 at 08:14: Handin 1 to AS (Leave them in AS's Mail Box on the 4th floor, Building 1).

Lectures 2: Multiprocessors

#	Day	Time	Room	Topic	Lecturer
6	Mo 20 sep	08-10	1211	MP Intro + Coherence	EH
7	Tue 21 sep	10-12	1211	Memory models + Synchronization	EH
8	Wed 22 sep	10-12	1211	Implementing MPs	EH
9	Tue 28 sep	13-14	1211	Lab2 Intro	AS

Lab 2: Coherence, Memory models and Synchronization
Tue 28 sep	14-17	1549D	Preparation slot
Thu 30 sep	08-12	1549D	Group A
Thu 30 sep	13-17	1549D	Group B
Fri 31 sep	08-12	1549D	Group C

Hard deadline => solutions handed after deadline will be ignored

2010-10-04 at 10:14: Lab 2 (or use the lab occasions).
2010-10-04 at 10:14: Handin 2 to AS (Leave them in AS's Mail Box on the 4th floor, Building 1).

Lectures 3: Scalability for MPs

#	Day	Time	Room	Topic	Lecturer
10	Mon 04 Oct	10-12	1211	Scalable MP implementations	EH
11	Wed 06 Oct	08-10	1211	Summary of MPs + Midterm evaluation	EH
12	Fri 08 Oct	10-12	1211	Programming MPs	SH
13	Tue 12 Oct	08-09	1211	Lab3 Intro and preparation	AS

Lab 3 Programming MPs
Tue 12 Oct	1549D	09-12	Preparation slot
Wed 13 Oct	1549D	08-12	Group A
Thu 14 Oct	1549D	08-12	Group B
Thu 14 Oct	1549D	13-17	Group C

Hard deadline => solutions handed after deadline will be ignored

2010-10-26 at 10:14: Lab 3 (or use the lab occasions)
2010-10-26 at 10:14: Handin 3 to AS(Leave them in AS's Mail Box on the 4th floor, Building 1).

Lectures 4: CPU Architectures

#	Day	Time	Room	Topic	Lecturer
14	Tue 26 Oct	10-12	1211	Pipelining	EH
15	Wed 27 Oct	10-12	1211	Out-of-order pipelines	EH
16	Thu 28 Oct	13-15	1211	Software approaches for more ILP: VLIW and EPIC	EH
17	Mon 01 Nov	13-15	1211	Introduction to Multicores	EH
18	Wed 03 Nov	15-17	1211	x86, x86-64 and its implementation	EH
19	Wed 10 Nov	08-09	1211	Lab4 Intro and preparation	AS

Lab 4 x86 and its SIMD extensions
Wed 10 Nov	09-12	1549D	Preparation slot
Thu 11 Nov	08-12	1549D	Group A
Thu 11 Nov	13-15	1549D	Group B
Fri 12 Nov	08-12	1549D	Group C

Hard deadline => solutions handed after deadline will be ignored

Sign up for the exam!
2010-11-22 at 13:14: Handin 4 to AS (Leave them in AS's Mail Box on the 4th floor, Building 1).
2010-11-22 at 13:14: Lab 4 (or use the lab occasions)

Lectures 5: Widening the View

#	Day	Time	Room	Topic	Lecturer
20	Tue 23 Nov	08-10	1211	Network processor	JC
21	Fri 26 Nov	13-15	1211	Graphics processors	DBS
22	Wed Dec 01	13-15	1211	Multicores and commercial offerings	EH

Lectures 6: Tail End

#	Day	Time	Room	Topic	Lecturer
23	Mon 06 Dec	08-10	1211	Backup/Replay of course	EH
Exam	Tue 14 Dec	??-??	??	Exam	EH

(How to sign up 14 days before the exam!)

. *) Preparation slot = Lab room is reserved for the entire class to preparation of the labs. AS is available in his office during this time for questions.
. **) Group A/B/C = Lab room is reserved for the corresponding lab group (group assignment according to sign-up lists). AS is available in the lab room for questions and to examine your solutions.
. ***)
EH = Erik Hagersten
AS = Andreas Sandberg
JC = Jakob Carlström, Xelerated
SH = Sverker Holmgren
DE = Dan Ekblom, Virtutech
DBS = David Black-Schaffer