Advanced Computer Architecture

Peter M. Maurer

Baylor University

Advanced Computer Architecture

Computer Systems

Hardware Issues

Operating System Issues

Applications Issues

Architecture Evolution

Flynn’s Classification

SISD

SIMD

MIMD

MISD

Programming Issues

Performance Issues

Performance Issues II

Other Measures

Parallelizing Code

Multi-Processors

Multi-Computers

Vector Computers

SIMD Computers

The PRAM Model

The VLSI Model