CS 159 - Introduction to Parallel Processing

3 units
Major parallel architectures: shared memory, distributed memory, SIMD, MIMD. Parallel algorithms: techniques for scientific applications, measures of performance. Parallel programming: principles and implementations in various languages. Assignments on available parallel and vector computers.

Prerequisite(s): CS 146 (with a grade of “C-” or better); Computer Science, Applied and Computational Math, or Software Engineering Majors only; or instructor consent.
Grading: Letter Graded

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