Scalable Parallel Computing: Technology, Architecture, Programming
Published on 16. September 1997
Book
Hardback
710 pages
978-0-07-031798-7 (ISBN)
Description
This comprehensive new text from author Kai Hwang covers four important aspects of parallel and distributed computing -- principles, technology, architecture, and programming -- and can be used for several upper-level courses.
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Language
English
Place of publication
United States
Publishing group
McGraw-Hill Education - Europe
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
Illustrations
Dimensions
Height: 239 mm
Width: 178 mm
Thickness: 34 mm
Weight
1386 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-07-031798-7 (9780070317987)
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Content
Part 1?Scalability and Clustering1 Scalable Computer Platforms and Models2 Basics of Parallel Programming3 Performance Metrics and BenchmarksPart II?Enabling Technologies4 Microprocessors as Building Blocks 5 Distributed Memory and Latency Tolerance6 System Interconnects and Gigabit Networks7 Threading Synchronization, and CommunicationPart III?Systems Architecture8 Symmetric and CC-NUMA MultiProcessors9 Support of Clustering and Availability10 Clusters of Servers and Workstations11 MPP Architecture and PerformancePart IV?Parallel Programming12 Parallel Paradigms and Models13 Message-Passing Programming14 Data Parallel Programming