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MIPS Computer Architecture and Performance Optimization

BITS Pilani Instructors Group

BITS Pilani Instructors Group

From designing ALUs and register files to implementing advanced pipelining techniques and memory hierarchies, you'll gain the expertise to analyze, measure, and optimize computing system performance.

This knowledge is invaluable for software engineers seeking to write more efficient code, hardware designers developing new architectures, and anyone wanting to understand the crucial intersection between software instructions and hardware execution.

Skills Covered

- MIPS architecture analysis and implementation

- Computer performance measurement and optimization

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From designing ALUs and register files to implementing advanced pipelining techniques and memory hierarchies, you'll gain the expertise to analyze, measure, and optimize computing system performance.

This knowledge is invaluable for software engineers seeking to write more efficient code, hardware designers developing new architectures, and anyone wanting to understand the crucial intersection between software instructions and hardware execution.

Skills Covered

- MIPS architecture analysis and implementation

- Computer performance measurement and optimization

- Processor datapath and control design

- Memory hierarchy optimization

- Pipeline hazard resolution

- Cache memory design and implementation

- Hardware-software interface optimization

This course is designed for computer science and engineering students, software developers seeking deeper hardware understanding, computer architecture enthusiasts, and professionals working in hardware design or performance optimization. It's ideal for those who want to bridge the gap between software development and hardware implementation to write more efficient code or design better computing systems.

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Computer System Performance and Its Measurement

Learn key performance metrics, Amdahl's law, and benchmarking techniques to evaluate computing systems.

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Birla Institute of Technology & Science, Pilani

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BITS Pilani Instructors Group

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November 3, 2025 - January 19, 2026

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