UNM Computer Science

CS 442 - Introduction to Parallel Processing - 3 credit hours



(Also offered as EECE 432.) Machine taxonomy and introduction to parallel programming. Performance issues, speed-up, and efficiency. Interconnection networks and embeddings. Parallel programming issues and models: control parallel, data parallel, and data flow. Programming assignments on massively parallel machines.

Prerequisites: (341L or ECE 337) and (351L or ECE 331).

Recommended: 481 or ECE 437.