In this course, you will learn to design the computer architecture of complex modern microprocessors.
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Approx. 50 hours to complete
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Flexible deadlines
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Advanced Level
Approx. 50 hours to complete
English
Subtitles: Arabic, French, Portuguese (European), Italian, Vietnamese, German, Russian, English, Spanish
Offered by
Princeton University
Princeton University is a private research university located in Princeton, New Jersey, United States. It is one of the eight universities of the Ivy League, and one of the nine Colonial Colleges founded before the American Revolution.
Syllabus - What you will learn from this course
4 hours to complete
Introduction, Instruction Set Architecture, and Microcode
This lecture will give you a broad overview of the course, as well as the description of architecture, micro-architecture and instruction set architectures.
4 hours to complete
8 videos (Total 106 min), 2 readings
3 hours to complete
Pipelining Review
This lecture covers the basic concept of pipeline and two different types of hazards.
3 hours to complete
4 videos (Total 102 min), 1 reading
3 hours to complete
Cache Review
This lecture covers control hazards and the motivation for caches.
3 hours to complete
5 videos (Total 93 min), 1 reading
3 hours to complete
Superscalar 1
This lecture covers cache characteristics and basic superscalar architecture.
3 hours to complete
5 videos (Total 68 min), 1 reading
2 hours to complete
Superscalar 2 & Exceptions
This lecture covers the common issues for superscalar architecture.
2 hours to complete
4 videos (Total 77 min), 1 reading
2 hours to complete
Superscalar 3
This lecture covers different kinds of architectures for out-of-order processors.
2 hours to complete
5 videos (Total 73 min), 2 readings
1 hour to complete
Superscalar 4
This lecture covers the common methods used to improve the performance of out-of-order processors including register renaming and memory disambiguation.
1 hour to complete
5 videos (Total 73 min)
2 hours to complete
VLIW 1
This lecture covers the basic concept of very long instruction word (VLIW) processors.
2 hours to complete
5 videos (Total 75 min), 3 readings
Reviews
TOP REVIEWS FROM COMPUTER ARCHITECTURE
by IGOct 11, 2016
Excellent course! It was really nice to have a high-level course, and I feel like this course makes a great substitute for the Computer Architecture course offered in my university.
by ALSep 5, 2021
I have a slight background in computer Architecture, taking this course allowed me to have a refreshier. Espeically being able to download the videos and do it all on my own time.
by RWSep 7, 2019
The way of Professor is teaching is fabulous !! Content of the course is amazing.\n\nHe has planned the course in such a way that new students can also understand the concepts.
by POMay 7, 2017
Quite intense but also quite rewarding. Dr. Wentzlaff's class are captivating and well prepared. The exames are a little bit exhausting, but effectively measure what was learned.
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