Computer Architecture - Lecture 1: Introduction and Basics (ETH Zürich, Fall 2020)

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I wonder when In-memory computing will be a common architecture because today's bottlenecks of computing points out that bringing data to computation units are not efficient anymore. We should be focusing on bringing computation onto data.

[@joechang8696]

There already are companies trying to bring compute to DRAM. I would really like to see someone put DRAM on the compute die. The IBM Power 10 is a 602mm2 die with 16 cores, 128M eDRAM serving as L3, + massive off-chip IO. If this could be 8 cores, and moderate IO, then there should be room for 256M of eDRAM? The next is to get an OS company to recognize fast and slow memory. Of course, OS already does in the form of memory + page file on a storage device, except move the page file to off-chip DRAM. But it would be better if the OS knew there were local memory + off-chip DRAM memory.

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@@joechang8696 "I would really like to see someone put DRAM on the compute die" Why would someone put DRAM on compute die instead of SRAM on compute die?

[@joechang8696]

@@suntzu1409 it has to do with density vs power. I imagine IBM had a reason for eDRAM. SRAM is 6T, eDRAM is 1T + capacitor. Not sure how big the capacitor is in relation to transistor. SRAM is lower power than DRAM? & no refresh logic needed. Considering that AMD is able to get 64MB SRAM on a die smaller than the 8c+32M L3 CCD, may be density between eDRAM and SRAM is not too much? So how much near memory is needed?

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Does this Lecture cover the same topics as "Digital Design & Computer Architecture" from this spring?

[@hongchulnam1630]

nope. That course is the prerequisite for this.

[@naib8644]

@@hongchulnam1630 okay nice, thanks

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If i want to study fully about computer hardware which course should i choose? ELECTRONICS OR Computer Science (CS)

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is this advanced comp. architecture course or something for undergrads??

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43:03 by reliability does he mean persistence? Or correctness. Are we ditching parity bits or something. *What is reliability?!*

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Can we access the PDF?

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Whats the difference between the Spring courses "Digital Design and Computer Architecture" and the Fall courses "Advanced Computer Architecture" ?

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"Digital Design and Computer Architecture" is a Bachelor's level course. That is the first course to take as an introduction to how a computer works and is designed. "Advanced Computer Architecture" is a more advanced course. That is to be taken after the Bachelor's level course.

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Is it good for BCA purpose? Like Batchelors of computer application

[@nvjt101]

No it would be way too overkill for that... Rather take his undergrad level course Digital Design

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Is this course equivalent to Patterson and Henssey Computer Organization And Design Book or it is more advanced ?

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