TY - BOOK AU - Hwang,Kai AU - Xu,Zhiwei TI - Scalable parallel computing : technology, architecture, programming SN - 0070317984 U1 - 004.358 PY - 1998/// CY - Boston PB - WCB/McGraw-Hill KW - Parallel processing (Electronic computers) KW - Computer architecture KW - Computer networks N1 - Included Index; pt. I. Scalability and Clustering. Ch. 1. Scalable Computer Platforms and Models. Ch. 2. Basics of Parallel Programming. Ch. 3. Performance Metrics and Benchmarks -- pt. II. Enabling Technologies. Ch. 4. Microprocessors as Building Blocks. Ch. 5. Distributed Memory and Latency Tolerance. Ch. 6. System Interconnects and Gigabit Networks. Ch. 7. Threading, Synchronization, and Communication -- pt. III. Systems Architecture. Ch. 8. Symmetric and CC-NUMA Multiprocessors. Ch. 9. Support of Clustering and Availability. Ch. 10. Clusters of Servers and Workstations. Ch. 11. MPP Architecture and Performance -- pt. IV. Parallel Programming. Ch. 12. Parallel Paradigms and Programming Models. Ch. 13. Message-Passing Programming N2 - This comprehensive reference from distinguished authors covers the principles, technology, architecture, and programming issues in parallel and distributed computing. From the essential enabling technologies to modern SMP and NUMA multi-processor clusters, it's all here for computer scientists and engineers UR - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/description/mh023/97041663.html UR - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/mh022/97041663.html ER -