Cornell University
School of Electrical and Computer Engineering
ECE 5970 Chip-Level Interconnection Networks
Spring 2010
Prof. Christopher Batten
207 Upson Hall • Tuesday and Thursday • 10:10–11:25am
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Jan 26 | Lecture 1: Course Overview (slides) | Ch. 1 |
Jan 28 | Lecture 2: A Simple Interconnection Network | Ch. 2 |
Feb 2 | Lecture 3: Topology – Basics | Ch. 3 |
Feb 4 | Lecture 4: Topology – Butterfly, Torus, Non-Blocking Networks | Ch. 4–6 |
Feb 9 | Paper Discussion
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Feb 11 | Paper Discussion
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Feb 16 | Lecture 5: Routing – Basics | Ch. 8,14 |
Feb 18 | Lecture 6: Routing – Oblivious & Adaptive Algorithms | Ch. 9–10 |
Feb 23 | Paper Discussion
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Feb 25 | Paper Discussion
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Mar 2 | Lecture 7: Flow Control – Basics | Ch. 12–13 |
Mar 4 | Paper Discussion
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Mar 9 | Lecture 8: Router Microarchitecture – Basics | Ch. 16–17 |
Mar 11 | Lecture 9: Router Microarchitecture – Arbiters & Allocators | Ch. 18–19 |
Mar 16 | Paper Discussion
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Mar 18 | Quiz | |
Mar 23 | Spring Break - No Class | |
Mar 25 | Spring Break - No Class | |
Mar 30 | Paper Discussion
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Apr 1 | Paper Discussion (Project Proposals Due)
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Apr 6 | Paper Discussion
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Apr 8 | Project Meetings (323 Rhodes) KKS@10:10, IM@10:23, LW@10:36, GR@10:49, CS@11:02, KS@11:15 |
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Apr 13 | Extra Topic: Emerging Technologies – 3D Integration,
Proximity Communication
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Apr 15 | Extra Topic: Emerging Technologies – Silicon
Photonics
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Apr 20 | Project Meetings (323 Rhodes) KKS@10:10, IM@10:35, LW@11:00 | |
Apr 22 | Project Meetings (323 Rhodes) GR@10:10, CS@10:35, KS@11:00 | |
Apr 27 | Project Meetings (323 Rhodes) KKS@10:10, IM@10:35, LW@11:00 | |
Apr 29 | Project Meetings (323 Rhodes) GR@10:10, CS@10:35, KS@11:00 | |
May 4 | Project Presentations KKS@10:10, IM@10:23, LW@10:36, GR@10:49, CS@11:02, KS@11:15 | |
May 6 | No Class | |
May 7 | Final Project Paper Due by 5:00pm – Absolutely No Extensions! |
All textbook readings are from W.J. Dally and B. Towles, "Principles and Practices of Interconnection Networks," Morgan Kaufmann, 2004.