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COMP_ENG 453: Parallel Architectures

CATALOG DESCRIPTION: Parallel computer architecture and programming models. Message passing and shared memory multiprocessors. Scalability, synchronization, memory consistency, cache coherence. Memory ...
InfoWorld

Teaching Parallel Programming: Teach Early and Often, and Try These Resources

Recently, I had the good fortune to present a class at the ACM Conference for Computer Science Educators (SIGCSE). While I definitely shared my enthusiasm for parallel programming, I had two key goals ...
VentureBeat

The Nvidia/Arm deal could create the dominant ecosystem for the next computer era

The next strategic inflection point in computing will be the cloud expanding to the edge, involving highly parallel computer architectures connected to hundreds of billions of IoT devices. Nvidia is ...
ZDNet

Oracle commits to 'parallel everything' architecture for Exadata, Exalogic

SAN FRANCISCO -- There is the notion that if you design the hardware and software in concert, then you can do a better job than when they are split up by different companies, according to Oracle CEO ...
Hackaday

Musings On A Good Parallel Computer

Until the late 1990s, the concept of a 3D accelerator card was something generally associated with high-end workstations. Video games and kin would run happily on the CPU in one’s desktop system, with ...