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Course Contents:
Module I: Parallel computer models
The state of computing, Multiprocessors and multicomputers,
Multivector and SIMD computers,Architectural development tracks
Program and network properties: Conditions of parallelism, Data
and resource dependences, ardware and
software parallelism, Program partitioning and scheduling, !rain
si"e and latenc#, Program flowmechanisms, Control flow versus data
flow, Data flow architecture, Demand driven mechanisms,Comparisons
of flow mechanisms
Module II: System Interconnect Architectures
$etwork properties and routing, Static interconnection networks,
D#namic interconnection $etworks,Multiprocessor s#stem
interconnects, ierarchical %us s#stems, Cross%ar switch and
multiport memor#,
Multistage and com%ining network&
Module III: Processors and Memory Hierarchy
Advanced processor technolog#, Instruction'set
Architectures,CISC Scalar Processors, (ISC Scalar
Processors, Superscalar Processors,)*I+ Architectures, )ector
and S#m%olic processors
Memor# Technolog#: ierarchical memor# technolog#, Inclusion,
Coherence and *ocalit#, Memor#
capacit# planning, )irtual Memor# Technolog#Module IV: Backplane
Bus System
ackplane %us specification, Addressing and timing protocols,
Ar%itration transaction and interrupt, Cache
addressing models, Direct mapping and associative
caches&Pipelining: *inear pipeline processor, $onlinear
pipeline processor, Instruction pipeline design,
Mechanisms for instruction pipelining, D#namic instruction
scheduling, ranch handling techni-ues,
Arithmetic Pipeline Design, Computer arithmetic principles,
Static arithmetic pipeline, Multifunctional
arithmetic pipelines
Module V: Vector Processing Principles
)ector instruction t#pes, )ector'access memor# schemes&
S#nchronous Parallel Processing: SIMD Architecture and
Programming Principles, SIMD ParallelAlgorithms, SIMD Computers and
Performance .nhancement
Examination Scheme:
Components A C S!V!" HA EE
#eightage $%& / 01 2 3 31
CT: Class Test, A: ome Assignment, S4)45: Seminar4)iva45ui", ..:
.nd Semester .6amination7 Att:Attendance
ext ' (e)erences:
Text:
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