Processor Design Courses and Certifications

Birla Institute Of Technology And Science–Pilani (BITS–Pilani)

MIPS Computer Architecture and Performance Optimization

Trace how MIPS instructions become hardware: design ALUs, single- and multi-cycle datapaths, resolve pipeline hazards, and tune caches, memory hierarchy, and storage performance.

• Coursera
• 10 weeks, 3 hours a week
• Self-Paced
• Paid Course

Fundamentals of Computer Organization

Learn how a CPU executes instructions: single-cycle and 5-stage pipelines, structural, data and control hazards, branch prediction, out-of-order execution, and cache locality.

• Coursera
• 3 weeks, 3 hours a week
• Self-Paced
• Paid Course

The Julia Programming Language

Schematic-Driven Design of a Quantum Processor with DeviceLayout.jl

Explore DeviceLayout.jl for quantum processor CAD design, featuring schematic-driven workflows, 2D/3D modeling, and integration with electromagnetic analysis tools for scalable quantum computing.

• YouTube
• 29 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Transient-Execution Attacks: Understanding Meltdown and Spectre

Beyond software-based side-channel attacks there is a new class of attacks called transient-execution attacks. These attacks go beyond leaking meta-data and directly retrieve secret data but they use

• edX
• 10 weeks, 3-4 hours a week
• Self-Paced
• Free Online Course (Audit)

Computer Organization and Design with RISC-V

Learn RISC-V assembly programming, processor design, and cache concepts. Explore pipelining, hazard detection, and practical implementations using QtRVSim simulator.

• YouTube
• 6 hours 25 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Google Cloud Tech

Getting Started with Apache Beam

Discover Apache Beam fundamentals through WordCount examples, stream processing, late data handling, and data joining techniques for scalable data pipelines.

• YouTube
• 39 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

CppCon

The Hidden Performance Price of C++ Virtual Functions

Explore the performance impact of C++ virtual functions, understand their underlying mechanisms, and learn optimization techniques to enhance program speed.

• YouTube
• 49 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

GOTO Conferences

What Every Programmer Should Know About How CPUs Work

Dive into the inner workings of modern CPUs with Matt Godbolt as he explains performance features, branch prediction, and memory systems that impact your code, plus tools to diagnose issues when performance suffers.

• YouTube
• 43 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

CppCon

C++20's Likely Attribute - Optimizations, Pessimizations, and Unlikely Consequences

Explore C++20's [[likely]] attribute, its impact on optimizations, and potential consequences. Gain insights into branch prediction, performance tuning, and effective benchmarking techniques.

• YouTube
• 1 hour 4 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

CMU Database Group

Query Execution and Processing Part 1 - Lecture 4

Explore advanced query execution techniques, including vectorized processing and just-in-time compilation, to optimize database system performance.

• YouTube
• 1 hour 24 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

CMU Database Group

Query Compilation and JIT Code Generation in Advanced Databases - Lecture 9

Explore query compilation and JIT code generation in advanced database systems, focusing on code specialization, holistic compilation, and performance optimization techniques.

• YouTube
• 1 hour 21 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

CMU Database Group

Query Execution and Processing Models - Lecture 6

Explore advanced database query execution and processing models, focusing on efficiency, pipelining, and parallelism in modern database systems.

• YouTube
• 1 hour 11 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

CMU Database Group

Parallel Query Execution - Lecture 13

Explore parallel query execution techniques in database systems, enhancing performance and scalability for efficient data processing and retrieval.

• YouTube
• 1 hour 4 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

CppCon

Why 99% of C++ Microbenchmarks Lie - and How to Write the 1% that Matter!

Uncover why most C++ microbenchmarks mislead and master hardware performance counters, processor tracing, and microarchitecture analysis to create reliable benchmarks that translate to production.

• YouTube
• 1 hour 1 minute
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Strange Loop Conference

Mill vs. Spectre - Performance and Security

Explains how speculative execution enables Spectre and Meltdown, and how Mill achieves out-of-order performance without hardware speculation.

• YouTube
• 47 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Conference Talk