CS 640B - Parallel Computer Architectures

Preerquisites: CS 610 and CS 640. Parallel and other high-performance architectures and their implications for system software, including three structural classes: pipelined computers, array processors, and multiprocessor systems. Topics include the memory, the I/O subsystems, and the interconnection network needed in parallel computers; the design principles and applications or pipelines super-computers; the interconnection structure of array processors; operating system controls; coordination of parallel activity; and performance of parallel systems.
3 credits