1. Fundamentals of parallel computing

• Motivation
• Classification of parallel architectures
• Benefits of parallelism
• Top500

2. Parallel programming

• Models
• Design of parallel programs
• Programming for performance
• Case studies:
  1. Ocean current simulation (Gauss-Seidel method)
  2. Evolution of galaxies (Barnes Hut)
  3. Image rendering (Raytrace)

3. Scalable interconnects

• Fundamentals
• Routing
• Performance
• Topologies
• Case study

4. Multiprocessors

• Shared memory multiprocessors
  1. Fundamentals
  2. Programming
  3. Bus based coherency protocols
  4. Memory consistency models
  5. Case study
• Scalable distributed memory multiprocessors
  1. Fundamentals
  2. Programming
  3. Scalable coherency protocols
  4. Case study

5. Parallel I/O and parallel file systems