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    L1 Matrix multiply: a case study Project 1 out
    L2 Basic performance engineering  
    L3 Performance analysis primer

    Project 1 due

    Project 2-1 out
    L4 From C to machine code/assembler  
    L5 Computer architecture and performance engineering  
    L6 Memory systems and performance engineering

    Project 2-1 due

    Project 2-2 out
    L7 Algorithms and data structures for caches I  
    L8 Algorithms and data structures for caches II  
    L9 Dynamic storage allocation

    Project 2-2 due

    Project 3 out
    L10

    Case study I

    Guest lecture: Bradley Kuszmaul, MIT CSAIL

    		  
    L11 Multicore programming

    Project 3 due

    Project 4-1 out
    L12 Parallelism and performance  
    L13 Analysis of multithreaded algorithms Project 4-2 out
    L14 Nondeterministic programming Project 4-1 due
    L15 Synchronizing without locks  
    L16

    Experiences in coding high-performance numerical libraries

    Guest lecture: Matteo Frigo, Intel

    		 Project 5 out
    L17 Ray tracing primer

    Project 6 out

    Project 4-2 due
    L18 Performance issues in parallelization  
    L19 What compilers can and cannot do Project 5 due
    L20 Distributed systems  
    L21 Case study II Project 6 report due
    L22 Case study III  
    L23 Final project showcase Project 6 due