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Teaching Scheme |
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Pract. |
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Th. |
Pract. |
TW/Viva |
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04 Marks |
02 Marks |
06 Marks |
100 Marks |
25 Marks |
25 Marks |
150 Marks |
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Hrs./Week |
(3 Hrs.) |
(3 Hrs.) |
(3 Hrs.) |
(3 Hrs.) |
Introduction to parallel processing. Architectural classification and techniques.
Arithmetic and instruction pipelines, pipelining hazard and scheduling theory, super scalar architectures, asynchronous pipelines.
Interconnection network, hyper cubes, Suffle exchanges, tree, meshes and butterfly networks, parallel algorithm for linear algebra, sorting, Fourier transformation. systolic arrays.
Vector Processors.
Shared memory multiprocessor system.
Data Flow architectures.
Parallel processing - software issues, operating system for parallel processor.
Selected case studies for parallel computing systems.
Reference Books :
Computer architecture and quantitative approach, -By John L. Hennessy and David A. Patterson, Morgan Kaufman publishers. Inc 1990.
Computer architecture and parallel processing, -By Kai Hwang and Faye A. briggs, Mcgraw hill International editions, 1985.
Computer structure; principles and examples, -By D. P. Siewiorek, C.G.Bell, A Newell, McGraw Hill, 1982.
