Innovation in computer architecture is providing critical performance, power, and cost to chips. Understanding this foundational discipline is essential to excel in the ever-evolving, dynamic, and multidisciplinary field we refer to as VLSI design.

About

SAMIT S. MEHROTRA, M.Tech., is a microarchitect at Intel Corp. with over 20 years of industry experience working on numerous technologies including PCIe, memory controllers, and security. He has successfully engineered several features from concept to market and received multiple awards for his IP design contributions at Intel. He has a bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering and a master’s degree in Microelectronics from the Indian Institute of Technology in Bombay. Mehrotra has made several invention disclosures and has been granted a U.S. patent. He is passionate about understanding and improving the techniques behind successful logic design and computer architecture.

Samit Mehrotra's courses currently open for enrollment

High-Performance Computer Architecture

VLSI.X415
$990
Samit Mehrotra
Jan. 13 - Apr. 1, Wednesday, 6:30pm - 6:30pm
  • Live-Online Attend via Zoom at scheduled times.
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Schedule
Date Start Time End Time Meeting Type Location
Wed, 01-13-2027 6:30pm 9:30pm Live-Online REMOTE
Wed, 01-20-2027 6:30pm 9:30pm Live-Online REMOTE
Wed, 01-27-2027 6:30pm 9:30pm Live-Online REMOTE
Wed, 02-03-2027 6:30pm 9:30pm Live-Online REMOTE
Wed, 02-10-2027 6:30pm 9:30pm Live-Online REMOTE
Wed, 03-03-2027 6:30pm 9:30pm Live-Online REMOTE
Wed, 03-10-2027 6:30pm 9:30pm Live-Online REMOTE
Wed, 03-17-2027 6:30pm 9:30pm Live-Online REMOTE
Wed, 03-24-2027 6:30pm 9:30pm Live-Online REMOTE
Wed, 03-31-2027 6:30pm 6:30pm Live-Online REMOTE
 

This class is offered in an online synchronous format. Students are expected to log into this course via Canvas at the start time of scheduled meetings and participate via Zoom, for the duration of each scheduled class meeting.

No meeting on February 17, 2027 and February 24, 2027.  To see all meeting dates, click "Full Schedule" below.

You will be granted access in Canvas to your course site and course materials approximately 24 hours prior to the published start date of the course.  
 

Access to a Windows, Mac, or Linux computer and the ability to install software is required.

Required Textbook:  
Computer Architecture: A Quantitative Approach, 6th ed. by John L. Hennessy, David A. Patterson, 2017. ISBN-13: 978-0128119051

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Prerequisites / Skills Needed

Prerequisites:

  • VLSI.X404: Digital Logic Design Using Verilog

Skills Needed:

  • Knowledge of digital system design with Verilog/SystemVerilog is required.
Associated Program(s)
Silicon Chip Design & Semiconductor Engineering