Parallel Computer Architecture

The following notes are available:

• Introduction
• Review of Serial Computer Architecture
• Parallelism
• Pipeline Vector Computers
• Dataflow Computers
• Classification of Parallel Computers
• SIMD Parallel Computers
• Programming SIMD Parallel Computers
• MIMD Parallel Computers
• MIMD Distributed Memory Multiprocessor Systems
• MIMD Programming Problems
• MIMD Message Forwarding
• Software for MIMD Message Passing Machines
• Occam
• Transputer
• T9000 Transputer
• Hypercube Computers
• DAP
• Connection Machines
• Cray T3D