CSE 664 Parallel Computer Architecture
(4 credits)
Description:
Parallel computer systems: SIMD, MIMD, Shared memory, NUMA, UMA
architectures, multiple bus, interconnection network, distributed
memories, message passing structures, hierarchical caches, snooping
controller design, directory based cache coherency, performance
evaluation of parallel systems, instruction level parallelism, practical
small multiprocessor system design issues, large scalable
multiprocessor systems, grid computer performance, chip multiprocessor
system (multiple cores), network processors and the future of parallel
architectures.
Prerequisites: CSE 564