Computer System Architecture (Fall 2025)
Course Overview
- This course introduces computer architecture and parallel-processing techniques for third-year undergraduates, with an emphasis on hardware-software co-design and performance optimization.
- Time and location: J3-301 (Tuesday)
- Textbooks:
- Chenxi Zhang, Computer System Architecture Tutorial, 3rd edition
- J. Hennessy and D. Patterson, Computer Architecture: A Quantitative Approach
- Teaching assistant and contact: TBA
Schedule and Lecture Materials
| Week | Date | Lecture |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sept. 23 | Overview |
| 1 | Sept. 28 | Basics of CA |
| 2 | Sept. 30 | Instruction System |
| 4 | Oct. 14 | Instruction System |
| 5 | Oct. 21 | CPU Pipeline I: Harzards |
| 6 | Oct. 28 | CPU Pipeline II: Implementation |
| 7 | Nov. 4 | Instruction Level Parallelism I: Basics |
| 8 | Nov. 11 | Instruction Level Parallelism II: Branches |
| 9 | Nov. 18 | Instruction Level Parallelism III: Speculation |
| 10 | Nov. 25 | Instruction Level Parallelism IV: MIMD |
| 11 | Dec. 2 | Memory System I: Cache |
| 12 | Dec. 9 | Memory System II: Virtual Memory |
| 13 | Dec. 16 | Data Level Parallelism I: Basics |
| 14 | Dec. 23 | Data Level Parallelism II: Interconnection |
| 15 | Dec. 30 | Data Level Parallelism III: Parallel Architecture |
| 16 | Jan. 6 | Review |
Borui Li
Ph.D., Assistant Professor
My research interests include embodied AI systems, AI infra for on-device and edge computing, and edge intelligence.