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Education and Innovation in Embedded Systems Design

USI Università della Svizzera italiana, USI Faculty of Informatics, Advanced Learning and Research Institute USI Università della Svizzera italiana USI Faculty of Informatics USI Advanced Learning and Research Institute

Future Trends in Processor Architecture

Professor Gonzàlez Antonio
Course program MAS
Semester Spring
Category Elective
ECTS 2
Academic year 2013/2014

Course type: Lecture
Value in ECTS: 2

Academic year 2013/2014 - Spring semester

Objective
This course focuses on the study of the microarchitecture of processors. The course studies different architectural approaches to increase performance, reduce complexity, increase reliability and reduce energy consumption of microprocessors. The main families of microprocessors are analyzed: superscalar, multithreaded, multicore and vector processors, with especial emphasis on the state of the art and future trends.

Contents

  • Overview of microprocessors
  • Superscalar processors
  • Vector processors
  • Multithreaded processors
  • Multicore processors
  • Future challenges