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MIT Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
Spring 2002 Catalogue Supplement |
TR2:30-4, Room 36-156
Professor Anant Agarwal, Room NE43-624B, 3-1448
Prereq.: 6.823
3-0-9
Parallel processing architectures have become commonplace in computer servers and embedded systems to achieve performance level far beyond the scaling limits of single processors. Parallel processing mechanisms will also make their way into future microprocessor architectures. This course focuses on the basic mechanisms of parallel processing. It also introduces several types of parallel computational processing. It also introduces several types of parallel computational models and applications. Topics include: introduction to several important numerical and combinatorial applications, computational models, interconnection networks, memory systems, naming and caches, processors, synchronization and performance evaluation methodologies.
This course will be taught seminar style, and comprise lectures, readings, and discussions.