Seminars on Architectures of Parallel Computers

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Department of Computer Science and Engineering

Synopsis:

Overview of architectures of high-performance computers and trends in

technologies. Memory coherence and sequential consistency models.

Shared-memory architectures: buses and switches, bus-based cache coherence

protocols and synchronization mechanisms. Virtual shared memory

architectures: distributed cache-coherence protocols. Synchronization

mechanisms - barriers. Clusters: fast communication networks and protocols.

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Syllabus of lectures:

1. Memory coherence and consistency models.

2. Shared memory architectures: fast busses and switches.

3. Shared memory architectures: coherence snooping algorithms.

4. Shared memory architectures: synchronization mechanisms.

6.-8. Virtual Shared memory architectures: cache coherence protocols.

9.-11. Distributed memory architectures: synchronization mechanisms and algorithms.

12.-14. Workstation clusters: fast interconnects and network protocols.

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Study materials:

D.E.Culler, et al. Parallel Computer Architecture: A Hardware/Software Approach. Morgan Kaufmann Publ., 1999, ISBN 1-55860-343-3.

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Time-table for winter semester 2011/2012:

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Time-table for summer semester 2011/2012:

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The course is a part of the following study plans:

• Doctoral studies, daily studies (compulsory elective course)
• Doctoral studies, combined studies (compulsory elective course)
• Doctoral studies, structured daily studies (compulsory elective course)
• Doctoral studies, structured combined studies (compulsory elective course)