[1] Jim Ledin, 2020, Modern Computer Architecture and Organization: Learn x86, ARM, and RISC-V architectures and the design of smartphones, PCs, and cloud servers, Packt Publishing, ISBN-13: 978-1838984397
[2] Jim Ledin,2022, Modern Computer Architecture and Organization: Learn x86, ARM, and RISC-V architectures and the design of smartphones, PCs, and cloud servers, 2nd Edition, Packt Publishing, ISBN-13, 978-1803238234
[3] Denis Bakhvalov, 2024, Performance Analysis and Tuning on Modern CPUs: Learn to write fast software like a pro, Independently published, ISBN-13: 979-8342846448
[4] Comer, D. ,2024, Essentials of Computer Architecture (3rd ed.). Chapman and Hall/CRC. https://doi.org/10.1201/9781003410140
Methods of Efficient Programming
| Type of study | Follow-up Master |
|---|---|
| Language of instruction | Czech |
| Code | 460-4174/01 |
| Abbreviation | MEP |
| Course title | Methods of Efficient Programming |
| Credits | 4 |
| Coordinating department | Department of Computer Science |
| Course coordinator | Ing. Petr Olivka, Ph.D. |
Subject syllabus
Outline of lectures and exercises:
- Code optimization and why it is important
- The influence of jump instructions on the speed of code execution, profiling.
- Memory models and the operation of CPU caches.
- Data organization in programs and optimal use of caches.
- Use of the CPU integer unit to accelerate selected algorithms.
- Calculations with large numbers in a combination of C language and machine code.
- Fixed and floating point decimal numbers. Conversions and calculations.
- Use of the SSE unit for calculations with floating point numbers.
- CPU units SSE and AVX their use as SIMD.
- Parallelization at the process and thread levels, their benefits.
- The importance of process and processor core affiliation.
- Optimal communication with disks at the OS level.
- Code optimization and why it is important
- The influence of jump instructions on the speed of code execution, profiling.
- Memory models and the operation of CPU caches.
- Data organization in programs and optimal use of caches.
- Use of the CPU integer unit to accelerate selected algorithms.
- Calculations with large numbers in a combination of C language and machine code.
- Fixed and floating point decimal numbers. Conversions and calculations.
- Use of the SSE unit for calculations with floating point numbers.
- CPU units SSE and AVX their use as SIMD.
- Parallelization at the process and thread levels, their benefits.
- The importance of process and processor core affiliation.
- Optimal communication with disks at the OS level.
Literature
Advised literature
[1] Intel, 2025, Intel® 64 and IA-32 Architectures Software Developer’s Manual,https://cdrdv2.intel.com/v1/dl/getContent/671200
[2] Stevens, W. Richard, Rago, Stephen A., 2013, Advanced Programming in the UNIX Environment, 3rd Ed., Addison-Wesley Professional, ISBN-13: 978-0321637734
[2] Stevens, W. Richard, Rago, Stephen A., 2013, Advanced Programming in the UNIX Environment, 3rd Ed., Addison-Wesley Professional, ISBN-13: 978-0321637734