LECTURE 1
Introduction
Teaching staff & practical times. Relevance to you & quiz 0. Course objectives. Syllabus in brief & the textbook. Your and my Initial impressions. Reading task & Homework #1
LECTURE 2
Parallel Computing Fundamentals
Review of Quiz 0. UML recap in 5 minutes. Parallel computing fundamentals. Automatic parallelism. Performance benchmarking. Trends
LECTURE 3
Temporal and Spatial Computing
Prac Issues, Seminar planning, Temporal & spatial computing, Benchmarking, Power
LECTURE 4 (Class activity for this lecture in the Assignments & Resources page)
Timing and Programming Models
Timing in C, Review of homework (scalar product), Important terms, Data parallel model, Message passing model, Shared memory model, Hybrid model
LECTURE 5 (Class activity for this lecture in the Assignments & Resources page)
Parallel Architecture
Prac2 discussion, Processor Architecture types, Von Neumann; Flynn's taxonomy, Class activity, Memory access architectures
LECTURE 6
Design of Parallel Programs (Part 1)
Seminar this afternoon, About Homework 2, Recap of memory architectures, Steps in designing parallel programs, Step 1: understanding the problem, Step 2: partitioning, Step 3: decomposition & granuality
LECTURE 7
Design of Parallel Programs (Part 2)
Aside: IBM Watson (a mega 'game console' case study), Step 3: decomposition and granularity, Class activity, Step 4: communications
LECTURE 8
Design of Parallel Programs (Part 3)
Step 4: communications (cont), Cloud computing, Step 5: Identify data dependencies
LECTURE 9
GPUs and CUDA
Seminar reminder, CUDA & Prac2, Parallel Programming cont., Identifying Data Dependencies, Synchronization
LECTURE 10
Design of Parallel Programs (Part 4)
Planning Step 7: Load balancing, Step 8: Performance analysis and tuning
LECTURE 11
Parallel Design Patterns
Parallel design patterns, Terms, Where to in Term 2
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LECTURE 14
Reconfigurable Computing Basics
Reconfigurable Computing Basics, Brainstorming exercise, Introduction to Verilog
LECTURE 16
RC Architecture Types & FPGA Interns
Reminders, RC Architecture overview & main types, Recap of FPGAs
LECTURE 19
Configuration Architectures
Configuration architectures, Short video on NIOS II RC Building blocks, Memories, DMA, Digital Signals, Signal Latching
LECTURE 20
C to HDL Automatic Conversion
Reminders, C HDL automatic conversion, Overview of conversion process, Limitations, Scenario Mapping C to VHDL behavioural, Some tools
LECTURE 21
Reflections
Key steps to consider Class activity: A comprehensive short assignment to discuss in groups
