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In this course, we will explore the evolution of modern computer architectures to exascale systems, where power and energy dominate most concerns, and where we are moving to a massive degree of parallelism. The topics that will be os speial concern to us are

• Non-programmable (fixed function) Accelerators & their design/synthesis
• Programmable accelerators: GPUs and massively vectorized systems
• Tradeoffs such as energy vs. delay, “, "performance”" vs. flexibility, etc.
• Memory system architectures especially for multi- and many-cores
• High level synthesis (especially for "domain specific" systems)
• Coarse-Grain Reconfigurable Architectures

Students will build important research skills by reading papers, writing reviews, presenting papers to the class, and writing and presenting a mini-research exam. Another major component of the course will be a research project of the student's choosing. During the course we will cover how to write a research proposal, practice presenting intermediate research project results in writing and with a presentation, and writing a research paper.

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