The topics of this course centre around the concepts of parallel processors and supercomputers with emphasis on processor technology, performance, and software, parallel computer models, program flow control and scheduling, metrics and measures, scalability of parallel algorithms, memory hierarchy technology, pipeline design, multivector and SIMD organizations, scalability and multithreading, software and compliers, case studies of the CRAY Y-MP and CM-5 environments. Lect: 3 hrs. Prerequisite: CPS 310 Course Weight: 1.00 Billing Units: 1
