Studying at the University of Verona

Here you can find information on the organisational aspects of the Programme, lecture timetables, learning activities and useful contact details for your time at the University, from enrolment to graduation.

Study Plan

A.A. 2024/2025 A.A. 2023/2024 A.A. 2022/2023 A.A. 2021/2022 A.A. 2020/2021 A.A. 2019/2020 A.A. 2018/2019 A.A. 2017/2018 A.A. 2016/2017 A.A. 2015/2016 A.A. 2014/2015 A.A. 2013/2014 A.A. 2012/2013 A.A. 2011/2012 A.A. 2010/2011 A.A. 2009/2010

This information is intended exclusively for students already enrolled in this course.
If you are a new student interested in enrolling, you can find information about the course of study on the course page:

Laurea magistrale in Ingegneria e scienze informatiche - Enrollment from 2025/2026

The Study Plan includes all modules, teaching and learning activities that each student will need to undertake during their time at the University.
Please select your Study Plan based on your enrollment year.

CURRICULUM TIPO:

1° Year 

ModulesCreditsTAFSSD
12
B
ING-INF/05
12
B
INF/01
6
B
ING-INF/05
6
B
ING-INF/05
12
B
ING-INF/05
6
B
ING-INF/05

2° Year   activated in the A.Y. 2010/2011

ModulesCreditsTAFSSD
6
B
ING-INF/05
6
B
INF/01
Tre insegnamenti a scelta tra i seguenti
6
C
INF/01
6
C
INF/01
6
C
INF/01
6
C
INF/01
6
C
INF/01
6
C
INF/01
6
C
INF/01
6
C
SECS-P/10
6
C
INF/01
6
C
INF/01
6
C
FIS/01
Altre attivita' formative
4
F
-
24
E
-
ModulesCreditsTAFSSD
12
B
ING-INF/05
12
B
INF/01
6
B
ING-INF/05
6
B
ING-INF/05
12
B
ING-INF/05
6
B
ING-INF/05
activated in the A.Y. 2010/2011
ModulesCreditsTAFSSD
6
B
ING-INF/05
6
B
INF/01
Tre insegnamenti a scelta tra i seguenti
6
C
INF/01
6
C
INF/01
6
C
INF/01
6
C
INF/01
6
C
INF/01
6
C
INF/01
6
C
INF/01
6
C
SECS-P/10
6
C
INF/01
6
C
INF/01
6
C
FIS/01
Altre attivita' formative
4
F
-
24
E
-
Modules Credits TAF SSD
Between the years: 1°- 2°
8
D
-

Legend | Type of training activity (TTA)

TAF (Type of Educational Activity) All courses and activities are classified into different types of educational activities, indicated by a letter.

A Basic activities
B Characterizing activities
C Related or complementary activities
D Activities to be chosen by the student
E Final examination
F Other training activities
S Placements in companies, public or private institutions and professional associations

Advanced computer architecture   (2009/2010)

Teaching code

4S02910

Teacher

Nicola Bombieri

Coordinator

Nicola Bombieri

Credits

6

Also offered in courses:

Language

Italian

Scientific Disciplinary Sector (SSD)

ING-INF/05 - INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEMS

Period

2nd Semester dal Mar 1, 2010 al Jun 15, 2010.

Seminars 0

Learning outcomes

The course will provide theoretical and practical knowledge on definition, design and analysis of advanced computer architecture with more emphasis on multicore platforms.

Program

Module THEORY (32h):

0. CPU families (CISC vs RISC).
1. Introduction to parallelism.
2. Parallel architecture:
-) taxonomy
-) shared memory
-) UMA NUMA
-) cache coherence
-) snooping
3. Parallel programming models:
-) shared memory
-) threads
-) message passing
-) data parallel
-) hybrid
4. Parallel computing patterns, task organization and scheduling:
-) SPMD
5. Task migration and message passing.
6. Performance evaluation of digital systems:
-) network performance
-) Hardware/Software system performance
-) real-time system performance
-) Amdhal’s law, metrics
-) distributed system performance
7. Pipelining:
-) MIPS pipeline
-) enhancing performance with pipelining.
8. DSP architectures
9. Memory hierarchy and performance:
-) technology and basis
10. Introduction to power consumption.

Module LAB (24h):
Lab.0 Distributed systems simulation tools howto
Lab.1 Parallel compilers (OpenMP, Sieve)
Lab.2 Linux SMP: SMP scheduling configuration and control
Lab.3 Parallelization and scalability analysis of a specific application
All the lab lessons will be based on the Simics platform MPC8572 ( http://www.virtutech.com/academia )

Reference texts
Author Title Publishing house Year ISBN Notes
John L. Hennessy and David A. Patterson Computer Architecture - A Quantitative Approach (Edizione 4) Morgan Kaufmann 2007
David E. Culler and Jaswinder Pal Singh Parallel Computer Architecture - A Hardware/Software Approach Morgan Kaufmann 1999

Examination Methods

Lab project + oral exam

Students with disabilities or specific learning disorders (SLD), who intend to request the adaptation of the exam, must follow the instructions given HERE

Teaching materials e documents