CS152: Computer Systems Architecture

2023 Spring


"People who are really serious about software should make their own hardware"
-- Alan Kay

Overview

In this course, we will cover how modern processors are designed to achieve high performance under which restrictions, and actually get hands-on experience with hardware design using a sequence of gently guided labs. You will get to see your ideas actually improve performance on real metal!
We will use RISC-V, a modern, real-world, and open-source ISA as our learnig tool.

This class will be taught mostly in-person, but parts of it may be offered over live Zoom!

Lecturer: Sang-Woo Jun
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Topics Covered

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Material

Labs

  1. Processor design [link]
  2. Matrix multiplication [link]

Grading

Book

This class does not have a mandatory book.
However, it may be helpful to consult Computer Organization and Design RISC-V Edition: The Hardware Software Interface (by David A. Patterson and John L. Hennessy).

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