Catalog Description:
High performance computer architectures: Multiprocessors, multicomputers, Flynn's taxonomy, SIMD, MIMD, SPMD, interconnection topologies, Beowulf clusters. Cache optimization techniques. Vectorization. Parallel machine and performance models: PRAM, speedup, work efficiency, scalability. Parallel programming with message passing and multi-threading libraries. Parallel applications. Load balancing and graph partitioning.
Credits:
(3+0+0) 3 ECTS 8