Third Year - Computer Systems Architecture

Computer Systems Architecture

Course Instructors: Nicolae Ţăpuş, Emil-Ioan Sluşanschi, Voichita Iancu.

This lecture presents the design and structure of numerical computing systems, the taxonomy of computer systems, the design and fundamentals of SIMD and MIMD architectures, and the design of dedicated computer switches for inter-processor and processor-memory communication.

Lecture Description:

Numerical systems structure.
The PMS description of numerical computer systems.
Computing systems classification.
GPU HW architectures and programming.
Interconnection networks: processor - memory.
SIMD systems: design and architectures.
MIMD systems: architectures and applications.
Hierarchical and nonhierarchical networks.
Code debugging and application performance
Benchmarking computing systems.
Top 10 computing systems from the current Top 500.

Computer Systems Architecture

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