6EC6.2 PARALLEL COMPUTATION & ARCHITECTURE |
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| Units | Contents of the subjects |
| INTRODUCTION:-Synchronous and asynchronous paradigms of parallel computing. | |
HARDWARE TAXONOMY – Flynn’s classification, Handler’s classification, Software taxonomy, Kung’s taxonomy, SPMD. |
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| ABSTRACT PARALLEL COMPUTATIONAL MODELS:– Combinational circuits, Sorting networks, PRAM models, interconnection RAMs. | |
| PARALLEL PROGRAMMING LANGUAGES: Performances Matrices – Laws governing performance measurements, metrics-speed up, efficiency utilization, communication, overheads, single/multiple programme performances, benchmarks. | |
| PROCESSOR ARRAYS: Basic Algorithms – Fast Fourier Transform, Linear System Solution, Sorting etc. | |