Advanced Multiprocessor Architecture

This lecture introduces the course CS471 on Advanced Multiprocessor Architecture for Fall 2021, covering topics such as course logistics, components of the course, logistics for the course, grading policy, academic honesty policy, and the roadmap for the course. The instructor, Prof. Babak Falsafi, emphasizes the importance of parallel computing and discusses the challenges and trends in modern computing systems, including the power wall, single-thread performance slowdown, and the rise of parallelism. The lecture also delves into different parallel programming models, evaluation methodologies, and various architectures like SIMD, GPU, and systolic arrays. It concludes with a summary highlighting the significance of multiprocessor systems in computing platforms.