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Foil 2 Abstract of Sept 10 1996 CPS615 Lecture

From CPS615-Lecture on Performance(end) and Computer Technologies(start) Delivered Lectures of CPS615 Basic Simulation Track for Computational Science -- 10 September 96. by Geoffrey C. Fox *
Secs 50.4
This starts by filling in details of communication overhead in parallel processing for case where "range" of interaction is large
We show two old examples from Caltech illustrates correctness of analytic form
We return to discussion of computer architectures describing
  • Vector Supercomputers
  • General Relevance of data locality and pipelining
  • Flynn's classification (MIMD,SIMD etc.)
  • Memory Structures
  • Initial issues in MIMD and SIMD discussion

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