- Amdahl’s law
- Short vector processing (multimedia operations)
- Multicore and multithreaded processors
- Flynn’s taxonomy: Multiprocessor structures and architectures
- Programming multiprocessor systems
- GPU and special-purpose graphics processors
- Introduction to reconfigurable logic and special-purpose processors
- Performance of Multithreading with Manycore Support (ASU)
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Lecture / Presentation, Coding example, Lab 
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Yinong Chen, Arizona State University Description: HyperThreading and Multi-core processors; Software support of making use of the power of multi-core processors; Performance indicators: Speedup and efficiency; Demo: Horse Power Game under Multi-Core; Multithreading Performance Experiment Using Intel Many-core Testing Lab (32-Core Computer); and Service Hosting Model on Multithreading.
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Advanced programmers, Graduate students, Undergraduate students Language:
English Keywords:
Manycore, Threading, Performance, Experiment, Manycore Testing Lab, Hyper threading, Horse Power
- Multi-processor architecture and programming (IIT, Kanpur)
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Indian Institute of Science, 2008 Description: After going thorough all the modules of the course, the learner should be able to
- Identify the need for multi-core architecture for specific applications by developing a suitable complexity measure.
- Identify needs for homogeneous or heterogeneous multi-core architectures for a given application
- Develop methods to partition a given application program to run on a multi-core processor
- Use the Intel multi-core architecture for develop high performance code
- Optimize code using appropriate techniques.
Module descriptions
Module 1: Introduction to multi-core architecture: Parallel computing and why it failed. Multi-processor architecture and its limitations. Need for multi-core architectures 4 one-hour lectures
Module 2: Multi-core architecture: Architecting with multi-cores. Homogenous and heterogeneous cores. Shared recourses, shared busses, and optimal resource sharing strategies. Performance evaluation of multi-core processors. Error management 12 one-hour lectures
Module 3: Intel Multi-core architecture: Detailed study of the architecture and programming of the Intel processors. 12 one-hour lectures
Module 4: Benchmarking multi-core architecture: Bench marking of processors. Comparison of processor performance for specific application domains. 4 one-hour lectures
Module 5: Code optimization: Need for code optimization. Tools for code optimization and optimization strategies 4 one-hour lectures The lab part will consist of 14 three-hour sessions and will include basic programming exercises and a miniproject.
Recommended Audience:
Graduate students Language:
English Keywords:
multiprocessor, architecture
