| Parallel Computer Architecture: A Hardware/Software Approach Contributor(s): Culler, David (Author), Singh, J. P. (Author), Gupta, Anoop (Author) |
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ISBN: 1558603433 ISBN-13: 9781558603431 Publisher: Morgan Kaufmann Publishers OUR PRICE: $136.80 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: August 1998 Annotation: This book outlines a set of issues that are critical to all of parallel architecture--communication latency, communication bandwidth, and coordination of cooperative work (across modern designs). It describes the set of techniques available in hardware and in software to address each issues and explore how the various techniques interact. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Computers | Systems Architecture - Distributed Systems & Computing - Computers | Systems Architecture - General |
| Dewey: 004.35 |
| LCCN: 98-28034 |
| Series: The Morgan Kaufmann Computer Architecture and Design |
| Physical Information: 2.09" H x 7.62" W x 9.28" (4.25 lbs) 1056 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: The most exciting development in parallel computer architecture is the convergence of traditionally disparate approaches on a common machine structure. This book explains the forces behind this convergence of shared-memory, message-passing, data parallel, and data-driven computing architectures. It then examines the design issues that are critical to all parallel architecture across the full range of modern design, covering data access, communication performance, coordination of cooperative work, and correct implementation of useful semantics. It not only describes the hardware and software techniques for addressing each of these issues but also explores how these techniques interact in the same system. Examining architecture from an application-driven perspective, it provides comprehensive discussions of parallel programming for high performance and of workload-driven evaluation, based on understanding hardware-software interactions. |