CS 5420: Parallel Computer Architecture

Cross-Listing: ECE 5720

Principles and tradeoffs in the design of parallel architectures. Emphasis is on latency, bandwidth, and synchronization in parallel machines. Case studies illustrate the history and techniques of shared-memory, message-passing, dataflow, and data-parallel machines. Additional topics include memory consistency models, cache coherence protocols, and interconnection network topologies. Architectural studies presented through lecture and some research papers.

Offered: Fall and Spring

Prerequisites: ECE 4750

Grade options: Letter only

Credit hours: 4

Recent offerings:

• http://www.cs.cornell.edu/courses/cs5420/2008fa
• http://www.cs.cornell.edu/courses/cs516/2007fa
  • Jose Martinez
• http://www.cs.cornell.edu/courses/cs516/2007sp
  • Jose Martinez