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CPS615-Lecture on Computer Architectures and Networks

Given by Geoffrey C. Fox at Delivered Lectures of CPS615 Basic Simulation Track for Computational Science on 12 September 96. Foils prepared 11 November 1996

This continues the computer architecture discussion with
  • MIMD and SIMD with distributed shared memory
  • MetaComputers
  • Special Purpose Architectures
  • Granularity with technological changes forcing larger process sizes
  • Overview of Communication Networks with
    • Switches versus topologies versus buses
    • Typical values in today's machines

This mixed presentation uses parts of the following base foilsets which can also be looked at on their own!
Master Set of Foils for 1996 Session of CPS615
Master Set B of Overview Material on Parallel Computing for CPS615 Foils

Table of Contents for CPS615-Lecture on Computer Architectures and Networks

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CPS 615 Lectures 1996 Fall Semester -- September 12
1 Delivered Lectures for CPS615 -- Base Course for the Simulation Track of Computational Science
Fall Semester 1996 --
Lecture of September 12 - 1996
2 Abstract of Sept 12 1996 CPS615 Lecture
We continue A Brief Discussion of Computer Architectures
3 Parallel Computer Architecture Control Structure
4 Some Major Hardware Architectures - MIMD
5 MIMD Distributed Memory Architecture
6 Some Major Hardware Architectures - SIMD
7 SIMD (Single Instruction Multiple Data) Architecture
8 Some Major Hardware Architectures - Mixed
9 Some MetaComputer Systems
10 Comments on Special Purpose Devices
11 The GRAPE N-Body Machine
12 Why isn't GRAPE a Perfect Solution?
13 Granularity of Parallel Components - I
14 Granularity of Parallel Components - II
15 Switch and Bus based Architectures
16 Classes of Communication Networks
17 Examples of Interconnection Topologies
18 Useful Concepts in Communication Systems
19 Communication Performance of Some MPP's
20 Implication of Hardware Performance
21 Latency and Bandwidth of a Network
22 Transfer Time in Microseconds for both Shared Memory Operations and Explicit Message Passing
23 Latency/Bandwidth Space for 0-byte message(Latency) and 1 MB message(bandwidth).
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