Chapter 1

Fundamentals of Computer Design

Classes of computers and trends in technology

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Quantitative principles of computer design

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Instruction set principles and metrics

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Pipelining hazards and mitigation techniques

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Evaluating processor performance

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Chapter 2

Instruction-Level Parallelism

Dynamic scheduling and Tomasulo's algorithm

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Hardware-based speculation and branch prediction

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Multiple issue and superscalar processors

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VLIW architecture and software pipelining

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Limits of Instruction-Level Parallelism

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Chapter 3

Memory Hierarchy Design

Advanced cache optimizations

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Main memory technologies and organization

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Virtual memory and TLB optimization

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Cache coherence protocols (MSI, MESI)

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Non-volatile memory integration

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Chapter 4

Multiprocessors and Thread-Level Parallelism

Symmetric and distributed shared memory architectures

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Synchronization mechanisms in multiprocessors

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Models of memory consistency

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Simultaneous Multithreading (SMT)

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Multi-core processors and chip multiprocessors

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Chapter 5

Data-Level Parallelism

Vector architecture and SIMD instruction sets

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Graphics Processing Units (GPUs) architecture

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CUDA programming model overview

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Systolic arrays and domain-specific architectures

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Interconnection networks and routing topologies

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