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6.823 is a course in the department’s “Computer Systems and Architecture” concentration.
FREE
This course includes
Hours of videos
694 years, 4 months
Units & Quizzes
25
Unlimited Lifetime access
Access on mobile app
Certificate of Completion
6.823 is a study of the evolution of computer architecture and the factors influencing the design of hardware and software elements of computer systems. Topics may include: instruction set design; processor micro-architecture and pipelining; cache and virtual memory organizations; protection and sharing; I/O and interrupts; in-order and out-of-order superscalar architectures; VLIW machines; vector supercomputers; multithreaded architectures; symmetric multiprocessors; and parallel computers.
Course Currilcum
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- History of Calculation and Computer Architecture (A) Unlimited
- Influence of Technology and Software on Instruction Sets: Up to the dawn of IBM 360 (A) Unlimited
- Complex Instruction Set Evolution in the Sixties: Stack and GPR Architectures (A) Unlimited
- Microprogramming (A) Unlimited
- Simple Instruction Pipelining (A) Unlimited
- Pipeline Hazards (A) Unlimited
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- Multilevel Memories – Technology (J) Unlimited
- Cache (Memory) Performance Optimization (J) Unlimited
- Virtual Memory Basics (J) Unlimited
- Virtual Memory: Part Deux (A) Unlimited
- Complex Pipelining (A) Unlimited
- Out of Order Execution and Register Renaming (A) Unlimited
- Branch Prediction and Speculative Execution (A) Unlimited
- Advanced Superscalar Architectures (J) Unlimited
- Microprocessor Evolution: 4004 to Pentium 4 (J) Unlimited
- VLIW/EPIC: Statically Scheduled ILP (J) Unlimited
- Vector Computers (J) Unlimited
- Multithreaded Processors (J) Unlimited
- Reliable Architectures (J) Unlimited
- Virtual Machines (J) Unlimited
