Advanced computer architecture : parallelism, scalability, programmability / Kai Hwang.
By: Hwang, Kai
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Material type: 
BookSeries: McGraw-Hill international editions; McGraw-Hill series in computer science, Computer organization and architecture.Publisher: New York : McGraw-Hill, c1993Description: xxiv, 770 p. ; 24 cm. + pbk.ISBN: 0071133429 ; 0070316228 .Subject(s): Computer architectureDDC classification: 004.35 | Item type | Current library | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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| General Lending | MTU Bishopstown Library Store Item | 004.35 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Available | 00155168 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
This text presents the latest technologies for parallel processing and high performance computing. It deals with advanced computer architecture and parallel processing systems and techniques, providing an integrated study of computer hardware and software systems, and the material is suitable for use on courses found in computer science, computer engineering, or electrical engineering departments.
Bibliography: p. 717-738. - Include index.
Parallel computer models -- Program and network properties -- Principles of scalable performance -- Processors and memory hierarchy -- Bus, cache and shared memory -- Pipelining and superscalar techniques -- Multiprocessors and multicomputers -- Multivector and SIMD computers -- Scalable, multithreaded, and dataflow architectures -- Parallel models, languages, and compilers -- Parallel program development and environments -- UNIX, Mach, and OSF/1 for parallel computers.