Hobart, Launceston
Introduction
This unit exposes students to historical approaches to increased processor efficiency, such as pipelining and superscalar design, before concentrating on a key concept of modern computer architectures: multicores. Both CPU and GPU architectures will be explored in this context and likely future hardware trends will be discussed.
Students will learn the concepts and techniques for writing CPU multithreaded programs via the use of threading and synchronisation primitives as well as techniques for general-purpose GPU programming (GPGPU).
A major focus of this unit is real world optimisation. Students will be exposed to data-oriented design approaches, revisit the concepts of Big-O efficiency and OO, and will get practical experience at profiling code. Additionally, students will learn lower-level programming techniques such as single-instruction multiple-data (SIMD) instructions, branch removal, and loop unrolling.
Summary 2021
| Unit name | Multicore Architecture and Programming |
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| Unit code | KIT308 |
| Credit points | 12.5 |
| Faculty/School | College of Sciences and Engineering School of Information and Communication Technology |
| Discipline | Information & Communication Technology |
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| Level | Advanced |
| Available as student elective? | Yes |
| Breadth Unit? | No |
Availability
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Fees
Requisites
Prerequisites
- KIT205 or KIT206 or (KIT207 and KIT208)
Teaching
| Teaching Pattern | 2hrs lectures, 2hr tutorials (early in semester there will be 4hrs of lectures, late in semester there will be 4hrs of tutorials) |
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| Assessment | 40% exam, 60% in-semester (4 assignments worth 15% each) |
| Timetable | View the lecture timetable | View the full unit timetable |
Textbooks
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