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Module MAP55621: HPC Hardware & Architecture

Credit weighting (ECTS)

5 credits

Semester/term taught

First semester

Module Coordinator

P. Fritzsch

Intended Learning Outcomes

Students who successfully complete the course should be able to:

• Outline the operation of key components in a HPC system.
• Identify and analyse in detail how a specific code interacts with these components and how this impacts the performance of the code.
• Write code that maximizes the performance of the system.
• Write code that interacts with the system to modify its behaviour
• Design a HPC system that is balanced between the subsystems

Structure and Content

In this course we examine the underlying hardware and system software that impacts the performance of your code. Through a detailed examination of the operation of CPUs, memory, storage, networks and operation systems, you will learn how to tailor your code for a given computer architecture and also to design complex HPC systems from these components.

Assessment Detail

20% continuously assessed programming assignments. 80% written exam