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Parallel Processing Architectures

Parallel Processing Architectures PPT

Instructor

Prof. Laxmi N. Bhuyan ( bhuyan@cs.ucr.edu)

References:
1. John Hennessy and David Patterson, Computer Architecture: A Quantitative
Approach, Morgan Kauffman Publisher.
2. Research Papers to be available in the class

COURSE OUTLINE:
1. Introduction to Parallel Processing: Flynn’s classification, SIMD and MIMD
operations, Shared Memory vs. message passing multiprocessors, Distributed shared
memory, Hybrid multiprocessors
2. Shared Memory Multiprocessors: SMP and CC-NUMA architectures, Cache
coherence protocols, Consistency protocols, Data pre-fetching, CC-NUMA memory
management, SGI 4700 multiprocessor, Network Processors
3. Interconnection Networks: Static and Dynamic networks, switching techniques,
Routers, Internet techniques
4. Message Passing Architectures: Message passing paradigms, Grid architecture,
Workstation clusters, User level software
5. Scheduling: Multiprocessor Programming Technique, Scheduling and mapping,
Internet web servers, P2P, Content aware load balancing

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