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Week Lectures slides Readings Assignments

August 1
Lec-1: Introduction [slides]

August 4
Lec-2: Cache-friendly code [slides]

Scribe


August 8
Lec-3: Cache Hierarchy-The hidden Mysteries
No slides, in-class discussion Scribe-1 Scribe-2


August 11
Lec-4: Programming Assignment-1

Programming Assignment on Course github page

August 18
Lec-5: Cache content management techniques [slides]
DIP , RRIP, Scribe-I Scribe-II


August 22
Lec-6: Data Prefetching Techniques [slides]
A primer on prefetching techniques , Scribe-I


August 25
Lec-7: Computer Architecture Research: How to do it right? [slides]
Scribe-I, Scribe-II


August 29
Lec-8: The world of Maya: OS-Computer Architecture interaction [slides]
Basics on OS (Paging, TLBs) , Scribe-I Scribe-II


Sept. 1
Lec-9: The world of Maya: OS-Computer Architecture interaction-II [slides]
Sections 2.4, 3.2, 3.3, 4.2, and 4.6 , Scribe-I Scribe-II


Sept. 5
Lec-10: The Maya Continues [slides]
Scribe-I Scribe-II
Programming Assignment-2 (Prefetch racers) on course Github

Sept. 8
Lec-11: Time it to Leak it: From Performance to Security [slides]
Scribe-I


Sept. 12
Lec-12: Time it to Leak it: Flush based attack [slides]
Flush+Reload Attack
Scribe-I Scribe-II

Sept. 26
Lec-13: Conflict based Attacks [slides]
Prime+Probe Attack, Randomized Cache, Github with Prime+Probe code
Scribe-I Scribe-II

Sept. 29
Lec-14: It is the DRAM Stupid [slides]
Section 1.3 for the DRAM basics Rowhammer attack Github with Rowhammer code
Scribe-I Scribe-II

October 3
Lec-15: Intro. to land of processors [slides]

Scribe-I Scribe-II

October 6
Lec-16: Spectre and Meltdown [slides]
Spectre and Meltdown
Scribe-I

October 10
Lec-17: Deep Dive into the Land of Processors [slides]



October 17
Lec-18: Deep Dive into the Land of Processors-II [slides]
Chapter 3, H&P


October 20
Lec-19: The final frontier (The front-end of the processor) [slides]
Decoupled front-end