Chapter 1 Fundamentals of Quantitative Design and Analysis
1.1 Introduction 2
1.2 Classes of Computers 6
1.3 Defining Computer Architecture 11
1.4 Trends in Technology 18
1.5 Trends in Power and Energy in Integrated Circuits 23
1.6 Trends in Cost 29
1.7 Dependability 36
1.8 Measuring, Reporting, and Summarizing Performance 39
1.9 Quantitative Principles of Computer Design 48
1.10 Putting It All Together: Performance, Price, and Power 55
1.11 Fallacies and Pitfalls 58
1.12 Concluding Remarks 64
1.13 Historical Perspectives and References 67
Case Studies and Exercises by Diana Franklin 67
Chapter 2 Memory Hierarchy Design
2.1 Introduction 78
2.2 Memory Technology and Optimizations 84
2.3 Ten Advanced Optimizations of Cache Performance 94
2.4 Virtual Memory and Virtual Machines 118
2.5 Cross-Cutting Issues: The Design of Memory Hierarchies 126
2.6 Putting It All Together: Memory Hierarchies in the ARM Cortex-A53 and Intel Core i7 6700 129
2.7 Fallacies and Pitfalls 142
2.8 Concluding Remarks: Looking Ahead 146
2.9 Historical Perspectives and References 148
Case Studies and Exercises by Norman P. Jouppi, Rajeev
Balasubramonian, Naveen Muralimanohar, and Sheng Li

Chapter 3 Instruction-Level Parallelism and Its Exploitation
3.1 Instruction-Level Parallelism: Concepts and Challenges 168
3.2 Basic Compiler Techniques for Exposing ILP 176
3.3 Reducing Branch Costs With Advanced Branch Prediction 182
3.4 Overcoming Data Hazards With Dynamic Scheduling 191
3.5 Dynamic Scheduling: Examples and the Algorithm 201
3.6 Hardware-Based Speculation 208
3.7 Exploiting ILP Using Multiple Issue and Static Scheduling 218
3.8 Exploiting ILP Using Dynamic Scheduling, Multiple Issue, and Speculation 222
3.9 Advanced Techniques for Instruction Delivery and Speculation 228
3.10 Cross-Cutting Issues 240
3.11 Multithreading: Exploiting Thread-Level Parallelism to Improve Uniprocessor Throughput 242
3.12 Putting It All Together: The Intel Core i7 6700 and ARM Cortex-A53 247
3.13 Fallacies and Pitfalls 258
3.14 Concluding Remarks: What��s Ahead? 264
3.15 Historical Perspective and References 266
Case Studies and Exercises by Jason D. Bakos and Robert P. Colwell 266
Chapter 4 Data-Level Parallelism in Vector, SIMD, and GPU Architectures
4.1 Introduction 282
4.2 Vector Architecture 283
4.3 SIMD Instruction Set Extensions for Multimedia 304
4.4 Graphics Processing Units 310
4.5 Detecting and Enhancing Loop-Level Parallelism 336
4.6 Cross-Cutting Issues 345
4.7 Putting It All Together: Embedded Versus Server GPUs and Tesla Versus Core i7 346
4.8 Fallacies and Pitfalls 353
4.9 Concluding Remarks 357
4.10 Historical Perspective and References 357
Case Study and Exercises by Jason D. Bakos 357
Chapter 5 Thread-Level Parallelism
5.1 Introduction 368
5.2 Centralized Shared-Memory Architectures 377
5.3 Performance of Symmetric Shared-Memory Multiprocessors 393
5.4 Distributed Shared-Memory and Directory-Based Coherence 404
5.5 Synchronization: The Basics 412
5.6 Models of Memory Consistency: An Introduction 417
5.7 Cross-Cutting Issues 422
5.8 Putting It All Together: Multicore Processors and Their Performance 426
5.9 Fallacies and Pitfalls 438
5.10 The Future of Multicore Scaling 442
5.11 Concluding Remarks 444
5.12 Historical Perspectives and References 445
Case Studies and Exercises by Amr Zaky and David A. Wood 446
Chapter 6 Warehouse-Scale Computers to Exploit Request-Level and Data-Level Parallelism
6.1 Introduction 466
6.2 Programming Models and Workloads for Warehouse-Scale Computers 471
6.3 Computer Architecture of Warehouse-Scale Computers 477
6.4 The Efficiency and Cost of Warehouse-Scale Computers 482
6.5 Cloud Computing: The Return of Utility Computing 490
6.6 Cross-Cutting Issues 501
6.7 Putting It All Together: A Google Warehouse-Scale Computer 503
6.8 Fallacies and Pitfalls 514
6.9 Concluding Remarks 518
6.10 Historical Perspectives and References 519
Case Studies and Exercises by Par