Computer Architecture And Parallel Processing By Kai Hwang

Computer Architecture And Parallel Processing is a technical manual for students who are undertaking courses in parallel processing computing and learning computer design architecture. The book provides a deep and comprehensive understanding of the fundamental and advanced concepts of parallel computing and design architecture, providing the learner with a thorough preparation. It begins with an introduction to parallel processing, describing the origins and evolution of computer systems and moving on to the development and basic application of parallel processing.

The book then proceeds to its deeper concepts, including memory and input-output subsystems, pipelining and vector processing, structure and arrays, microprocessor algorithms and systems and control mechanisms. Using an illustrative and detailed explanation approach, the book ensures that the learner understands and assimilates the concepts in totality. Highly fundamental and simple in its explanations, the book manages to present advanced and complex concepts in a way that is comprehensible even to a course beginner. The book concludes with a thorough and enlightening chapter on data flow computers and VLSI computations, which set the stage for the learner to be more inquisitive about the field. The topics covered and the learning approach imparted ensures a healthy platform for the learner to master the skills of parallel processing and computer architecture.

Computer Architecture And Parallel Processing was published in an international edition by Mcgraw-Hill Education in 1986 and it is in paperback format.