High Performance Architectures

In this course, the students complete their knowledge about HPC architectures, to this end, we consider modern parallel architectures both from the functional point of view to their design. Thi knowledge will facilitate the student to design correct and efficient parallel algorithms based on the architectural characteristics of the target systems. Courses related with the programming will benefited from this one.

Chapter 1. Parallel computers
Historic introduction
Levels of parallelism: form microarchitecture to supercomputers
Classification

Chapter 2. Design of multiprocessors, multicores and manycores
Introduction
Architecture of multiporcessors, multicores and manycores
Memoru architecture

Chapter 3. Cache Coherence
Protocols
Snooping (UMA systems)
Protecols based on directories (CC-NUMA sustems)

Chapter 4. Synchronization and memory consistency
Synchronization primitives
Hardware support
Software support
Consistency models
Comparative studies

Chapter 5. Interconexion networks
Types of networks
Main components
Performance
Design

Chapter 6. Distributed systems: clusters
Introduction
Cluster architecture
Nodes
Interconexion networks
Software
Tools
Applicacions
Load balance

Chapter 7. Introduction to performance analysis.
Motivation
Basic concepts
Characterization of performance issues
Architecture features related to performance

Basic books:
1. Arquitectura de Computadores, Xullo Ortega, Mancia Anguita e Alberto Prieto. Thompson. 2005.
2. High Performance Cluster Computing, Rajkumar Buyya, ed., Prentice Hall PTR, 1999. ISBN 0-13-013784-7, 0-13-013785-5.

Complementary books:
1. Parallel Computer Architecture, David E. Culler, Jaswinder Pal Singh e Anoop Gupta. Morgan Kaufmann Publishers. 1999.
2. In Search of Clusters, 2ª ed., Gregory Pfister, Prentice Hall, 1998, ISBN: 0138997090.
3. Organización e Arquitectura de Computadores (7ª edición), W. Stallings. Prentice Hall. 2007.
4. Computer Architecture: a Quantitative Approach (6ª edición), John L. Hennessy e David A. Patterson. Morgan Kaufmann Publishers. 2017.

The basic and general skils are: CG1, CG2, CG4, CG5, CB6, CB7, CB9 and CB10 (See page 6 of the master description).

The specific skils are: CE1, CE2, CE3, CE4 and CE8.

Trasversal skils: CT1.

Teaching will focus on tutorial sessions, in which the student can ask questions to the lecturer. Aditionally, the student can attend presential classes as well as programming practices and exercises.

Remote comunication tools will be aviailable.

Teaching will be mainly in English.

Personal exercises and homework (60%), and programming practices (20%), and the personal participation in tutor sessions (20%).

The student can be requested to identify themselves by an official identification document in the evaluation process.

1. Tutorial sessions: 52 hours.
2. Evaluation: 2 hours.

The course will be taught in English