Covers the historical increase in memory cells per chip, the importance of memory in modern IC architectures, the dramatic increase in test time, and various memory faults.
Covers semester projects, project logistics, successful project examples, proposal writing, and various project options related to systems, threading, serverless programming, virtual memory, cloud benchmarking, and AI accelerators.
Covers the principles and mechanisms of virtualization, including multiplexing, aggregation, and emulation, with a focus on virtual memory implementation.