Outline of Syllabus
BE5-R4:-Parallel Computing
Topic
Duration (Hrs)
1
Parallel Computers-Introduction
06
2
Parallel Computer Architecture
10
3
System Interconnection and Gigabit Network
10
4
Parallel Programming
06
5
Performance Metrics and Benchmarks
10
6
Parallel Paradigms and Programming Models
10
7
Parallel Algorithms and Applications
08
Lecture =60
Practical =60
Total class =120
Practical =60
Total class =120
BOOKS RECOMMENDED FOR READING AND REFERENCE
MAIN READING
- Kai Hwang and Zhiwei Xu, "Scalable Parallel Computing", 1997, McGraw Hill New York.
SUPPLEMENTARY READING
- Barry Wilkinson and Michael Allen, "Parallel Programming", 1999, Pearson Education Asia.
- Steven Brawer, " Introduction to Parallel Programming"
- M. Shasikumar, Dinesh shikhare and P. Ravi Prakash, "Introduction to Parallel Processing".
- V. Rajaraman and C. Siva Ram Murthy, "Parallel Computers-Architecture and Programming"