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Parallel Computer Architecture

Parallel computing is the simultaneous use of multiple compute resources to solve a computational problem by breaking it into discrete parts that can be solved concurrently. Parallel architecture organizes computer resources to maximize performance through parallel execution while considering programmability, technology limits, and cost.

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Parallel Computer Architecture

Parallel computing is the simultaneous use of multiple compute resources to solve a computational problem by breaking it into discrete parts that can be solved concurrently. Parallel architecture organizes computer resources to maximize performance through parallel execution while considering programmability, technology limits, and cost.

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Parallel Computer Architecture

• huge developments in the performance and


capability of a computer system

• VLSI- large number of components to be


accommodated on a single chip and clock rates to
increase

• more operations can be performed at a time, in


parallel.
What is parallel computing
• simultaneous use of multiple compute resources to
solve a computational problem

• A problem is broken into discrete parts that can be


solved concurrently

• Each part is further broken down to a series of


instructions

• Instructions from each part execute simultaneously


on different processors

• An overall control/coordination mechanism is


parallel computing
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• The computational problem should be able to:
• Be broken apart into discrete pieces of work
that can be solved simultaneously;
• Execute multiple program instructions at any
moment in time;
• Be solved in less time with multiple compute
resources than with a single compute resource.
parallel computing

• The compute resources are typically:


• A single computer with multiple
processors/cores
• An arbitrary number of such computers
connected by a network
Parallel Computer Architecture
• method of organizing all the resources to
maximize the performance

• the programmability within the limits given by


technology

• the cost at any instance of time.

• The execution of these operations in parallel


depends on the place where the data is located
and how data is communicated among different
components
Why Parallel Architecture?

• development of computer system by using more


and more number of processors

• performance achieved by utilizing large number of


processors is higher than the performance of a
single processor at a given point of time.
Main Reasons

• save time and/or money

• solve larger / more complex problems

• provide concurrency

• take advantage of non-local resources

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