PV192 Parallel Technical Systems

Faculty of Informatics
Spring 2009
Extent and Intensity
2/0. 4 credit(s) (plus extra credits for completion). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
prof. Ing. Václav Přenosil, CSc. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
prof. Ing. Václav Přenosil, CSc.
Department of Machine Learning and Data Processing – Faculty of Informatics
Timetable
Tue 16:00–17:50 B202
Prerequisites
Courses PA174 - Design of Digital Computersis II, PA176 - Digital Computers Architecture II and PB161 - C++ Programming are advisable source of necessary knowledges for current course.
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
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Course objectives
Main aim of this courese is understand and master theoretical knowledges necessary for design of the parallel digital system. The lessons are specialized in particular into following topics:
mechanism of the parallel data and event processing;
cooperation of the computing activities and threads;
data exchenge;
synchronization of the activities.
Syllabus
  • Parallel processing mechanism;
  • parallel systems classification;
  • levels of parallelism;
  • typology of the parallel computers;
  • distributed memory systems;
  • introduction to the Message Passing Interface;
  • fundamentals of the Message Passing Interface;
  • parallel programmes design.
Literature
  • Foster, I.: Designing and Building Parallel Programs. Addisson-Wesley, 1995.
  • Geist, A. et al: PVM: Parallel Virtual Machine - A Users' Guide and Tutorial for Networked Parallel
  • Bull, M.: Writing Parallel Programs Using OpenMP, Version 1.2. EPCC, University of Edinburgh,
  • MacDonald, N.: Writing Message-Passing Parallel Programs with MPI. Course Notes. EPCC, University of Edinburgh, 1998
Assessment methods
Final examination consist from 2 parts:
1) defence of the project - homemade task;
2) oral exam - teoretical problems from list of the passed subjects.
Language of instruction
Czech
Follow-Up Courses
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
The course is taught annually.
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2008, Spring 2010, Spring 2011, Spring 2012, Spring 2013, Spring 2014, Spring 2015.
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