CS 534

Fall 2022 Part of Term 1

Part of Term 1
Aug 22-Dec 7

Advanced Topics in Computer Architecture

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Credit: 4 hours.

Current topics in computer architecture, selected from areas of current research such as: energy efficiency, processing in memory, cloud computing, 3-D architectures, security and privacy, hardware and software resiliency, cross-stack design, heterogeneous platforms, approximate computing, mobile computing, machine learning accelerators, and novel computing technologies.

4 graduate hours. No professional credit. May be repeated, if topics vary. Credit is not given towards a degree from multiple offerings of this course, if those offerings have significant overlap, as determined by the CS department. Prerequisite: CS 433. Additional prerequisites or co-requisites may be specified each term. See Class Schedule information.

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CS 534 class schedule data for fall 2022
	CRN	Type	Section	Time	Day	Location	Instructor	Section Details
	75454	Lecture	JT	12:30PM -1:45PM	WF	Siebel Center for Comp Sci	Torrellas, J	Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 08/22/22-12/07/22 Credit: 4 hours Section Info: This course discusses recent issues and research trends in designing computer architectures for energy efficiency. The course starts with an analysis of process variation and wear-out, which constrains and affects energy efficiency. We then examine models and techniques for variation tolerance at different levels. They include body biasing, processors with timing speculation, and variation-aware application scheduling. We then focus on low-voltage computer architecture, which is our best hope for energy efficiency. We examine how to reduce voltage guard-bands and manage voltage droops. Higher-level techniques include pipeline design for low voltage, efficient eDRAM refresh, extensive power gating, and effective on-chip controllers. Next, we consider 3-dimension architectures and how they can improve energy efficiency. Finally, we focus on extreme-scale computer architectures, which are designed from the ground up for energy efficiency. They bring together all of the concepts discussed in the course into a single platform. Pre-requisite courses: Required: CS433 or equivalent; Recommended: CS533 or equivalent To see an outline of the likely content, check a past version of the course in https://courses.engr.illinois.edu/cs534/fa2021 For up-to-date information about CS course restrictions, please see the following link: http://go.cs.illinois.edu/csregister Restriction(s): Restricted to Graduate - Urbana-Champaign. Not intended for First Time Freshman students.