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Instructor: Nima Honarmand: Spring 2015:: CSE 502 - Computer Architecture

This document provides an overview and introduction to the CSE 502 - Computer Architecture course offered in Spring 2015 at Stony Brook University. The key points are: 1) The course will cover topics related to computer architecture including instruction decode, pipelining, processor design, memory hierarchies, and parallel architectures. 2) Students will complete a semester-long course project to design and implement a superscalar out-of-order processor using SystemVerilog. 3) Grading will be based on quizzes, homework, exams, project implementation, and participation. The goal is for students to learn about internal processor design and implementation.

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Instructor: Nima Honarmand: Spring 2015:: CSE 502 - Computer Architecture

This document provides an overview and introduction to the CSE 502 - Computer Architecture course offered in Spring 2015 at Stony Brook University. The key points are: 1) The course will cover topics related to computer architecture including instruction decode, pipelining, processor design, memory hierarchies, and parallel architectures. 2) Students will complete a semester-long course project to design and implement a superscalar out-of-order processor using SystemVerilog. 3) Grading will be based on quizzes, homework, exams, project implementation, and participation. The goal is for students to learn about internal processor design and implementation.

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Spring 2015 :: CSE 502 – Computer Architecture

Introduction
Instructor: Nima Honarmand
Spring 2015 :: CSE 502 – Computer Architecture

CSE 502 - CompArch


• Computer Architecture is
… the science and art of selecting (or designing)
and interconnecting hardware and software
components to create computers …
• Computer Architecture is an umbrella term
– Architecture: software-visible interface
– Micro-architecture: internal organization of components

• This course is mostly about micro-architecture


– What’s inside the processor (CPU)
– What implications this has on software
Spring 2015 :: CSE 502 – Computer Architecture

CSE 502 - CompArch


• This course is roughly like CSE 506
– In CSE 506, you learn what’s inside an OS
– In CSE 502, you learn what’s inside a CPU

• This is a project-intensive course


– Learn why things are the way they are, first hand
– We will “build” emulators of CPU components
Spring 2015 :: CSE 502 – Computer Architecture

Why Study CompArch?


• You need one more qualifier/graduation requirement
Bad answer!

• You want to learn what’s inside a processor


– Cause you’re curios (and there is no computer w/o a processor)
– To write better/faster application code
– To write system software (OS, compiler, etc.)
• You want to become a computer architect
• Computer architecture is cool and intellectually fascinating
– BTW, what is the most complex man-made device?
– Hint: there are billions of individually designed and verified
transistors in a modern processor chip
More like it!
Spring 2015 :: CSE 502 – Computer Architecture

Why Study CompArch?


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Spring 2015 :: CSE 502 – Computer Architecture

Why Study CompArch?


Sources of performance improvement:
• Improvements in semi-conductor technology
– Faster transistors
– More transistors

• Improvements in computer architecture


– Computer architects work to turn the additional
resources into speed/power savings/functionality!

In this class, we will study some of the cool techniques


invented by computer architects to make this possible!
Spring 2015 :: CSE 502 – Computer Architecture

Moore’s Law
• 1st Moore’s Law (1965)
“The complexity for minimum component
costs has increased at a rate of roughly a
factor of two per year. Certainly over the
short term this rate can be expected to
continue, if not to increase.”

• 2nd Moore’s Law (1975)


“The new slope might approximate a
doubling every two years, rather than
every year”

• Nowadays, Moore’s law is a general


term for any exponential change in
technology (with different slopes)
– E.g., transistor size, transistor speed,
processor performance, etc.
Spring 2015 :: CSE 502 – Computer Architecture

Course Topics
• Instruction Decode
• Pipelining
• Processor Front-end
• Execution Core
• Memory Hierarchy
• Multi-[socket(SMP,DSM)|thread(SMT,CMT)|core(CMP)]
• Vector Processing and GPUs
Spring 2015 :: CSE 502 – Computer Architecture

Hardware Design Process

Conceptual Design Behavioral Implementation Evaluation

Packaging Manufacturing Layout Structural Implementation


Spring 2015 :: CSE 502 – Computer Architecture

Grading
What? Points Course Project Points
1 Quiz 0 5-Stage pipeline + direct-mapped $ 40
1-2 Homeworks 10 5-Stage pipeline + set-associative $ 50
Course Project Up to 110 Above + super-scalar pipeline 60
Midterm 15 Above + out-of-order execution 80
Final 25 Above + branch prediction and 90
Participation 10 speculative execution
SMT on top of any of the above 10 extra
• 95 pts: Successful synthesis to FPGA on top 10 extra
Guaranteed A- of any of the above

• 100 pts:
Guaranteed A
Spring 2015 :: CSE 502 – Computer Architecture

Course Project
• Goal: design a super-scalar, out-of-order SPARCv8
processor
• We’ll use SystemVerilog HDL for implementation
– Don’t panic! We’ll cover the necessary background
– Hopefully, will help you think and design like a HW
designer

• I’ll provide a cross-compiler and a simulation


environment
– You’ll design and implement the processor 
– See course webpage for details
Spring 2015 :: CSE 502 – Computer Architecture

Logistics (1/3)
• Project milestones
– There are no official project milestones
– If you need milestones, send me a milestone schedule
• I will deduct 5 points for each milestone you miss

• Books
– Recommended for reference, not required
• Does not mean you shouldn’t get them
• Do not pirate books
– Modern Processor Design: Fundamentals of Superscalar
Processors
– Computer Architecture: A Quantitative Approach (H&P)
– Computer Organization and Embedded Systems
Spring 2015 :: CSE 502 – Computer Architecture

Logistics (2/3)
• Working in groups: only permitted on the project
– Groups may be up to 4 people
• Should let me know of your groups by Feb 19
• Group members will grade each other at then end
– Smaller groups gain 10% extra on the project per fewer
person
• Group of 1: 30% extra
• Group of 2: 20% extra
• Group of 3: 10% extra

• Attendance
– Optional but affects your participation grade
– No laptop, tablet, or phone use in class
• Don’t test me - I will deduct grade points
Spring 2015 :: CSE 502 – Computer Architecture

Logistics (3/3)
• Blackboard
– Grades will be posted there, nothing else

• Course forum and newsgroup


– Subscription Is required
– http://piazza.com/stonybrook/spring2015/cse502/home

• Quiz
– Completion is required
– If you missed the 1st class, come to office hours for it
Spring 2015 :: CSE 502 – Computer Architecture

Academic Integrity Policy


• You may...
– Discuss assignment, design, techniques

• You may not…


– Share code
– Use any code not distributed as part of project handouts
• Exceptions are possible, but must receive explicit permission
Spring 2015 :: CSE 502 – Computer Architecture

QUIZ

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