Course Title:
Multiprocessor Architectures
Course Description:
Presents the issues related to designing and programming tightly coupled shared-memory multiprocessor systems. Covers memory structure, snoopy and directory-based caching, memory consistency protocols, cache coherency protocols, processor interconnect strategies, and multiprocessor scalability. Covers issues related to program execution of real applications on a multiprocessor system including synchronization primitives, task scheduling, and memory allocation.
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Prerequisite Remarks:
Familiarity with computer architecture.
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