COSC 6385 Computer Architecture Recap for the Final QuizEdgar GabrielRecap for the Final QuizEdgar GabrielSpring 2010Relevant for the 3rdquiz (I)Chapter 2:2.1 - 2.22.3 without Tournament Predictors2.4 - 2.72.9 only Branch Target Buffers and Return Address PredictorsCOSC 6385 – Computer ArchitectureEdgar Gabriel2.9 only Branch Target Buffers and Return Address PredictorsChapter 3:3.5 multi-threadingChapter 4:4.1 - 4.6 (multi-processors, cache coherence, synchronization, intro to memory consistency models )Appendix F: Vector ProcessorsRelevant for the 3rdquiz (II)Lecture on multi-core processorsLecture of April 7: Multi-processor systems (V) Larrabee paper ( reference [1] from lecture 19 chapter 1-3 only)Exercises of March 10 (especially branch prediction algorithms)PAPI homework.COSC 6385 – Computer ArchitectureEdgar GabrielPAPI homework.Excluded from the final quiz• Appendix A.7: Scoreboarding• From Lecture of April 7: GT200 and Fermi• Lecture of April 14: Storage Systems• Upcoming lecture on virtualizationCOSC 6385 – Computer ArchitectureEdgar Gabriel• You are allowed to have 7 sheets of handwritten notes– 3 pages from the 1stquiz– 4 new pages with the new material• Possible calculations in the 3rdquiz:–Branch prediction algorithmsCOSC 6385 – Computer ArchitectureEdgar Gabriel–Branch prediction algorithms– Parallel Speedup and Efficiency – N1/2calculations from Vector processors lecture• Make sure you do understand the cache coherence protocols lecture very
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