CIS 6010: Special Topics in Computer Architecture: GPGPU Architecture and Programming Fall 2022

Course Information

instructor: Joe Devietti
when: Tuesday/Thursday 10:15-11:45am
where: Towne 311
contact: email, canvas

office hours:

• Thursdays noon-1pm, Levine 572

Course Description

Graphics Processing Units (GPUs) have become extremely popular and are used to accelerate an increasingly diverse set of non-graphics workloads. This seminar will examine modern GPU architectures, the programming models used to write general-purpose code for GPUs, and the complexities of programming such highly parallel architectures. There will be a special emphasis on concurrency correctness issues as they relate to GPUs, including GPU memory consistency models and GPU concurrency bugs. Graduate-level coursework in computer architecture (e.g., CIS 5710) will be very helpful.

Course Materials

No textbooks are required; links to all readings will be provided at this website.

Grading

• Project: 40%
• Participation: 30%
• Assignments: 20%
• Reading quizzes: 10%

There will be no exams.

Submit homework, reading quizzes and future-work write-ups via Canvas.

The class project can be done in groups of up to 2. The project is open-ended: it should be something related to GPUs but the specifics are up to you. Choosing a project that incorporates your interests (research or otherwise) is a great idea!

Course Schedule

This schedule is subject to change