Unit IX: Introduction to Parallel Processing | BCA 5th Semester Computer Architecture Notes Pdf

Parallel processing can be described as a class of techniques which enables the system to achieve simultaneous data-processing tasks to increase the computational speed of a computer system.

In this “Introduction to Parallel Processing - Computer Architecture” you will learn about following topics:

1. Parallel Processing
2. Parallelism in Uniprocessor System
3. Multiprocessor Systems
4. Advantages of Multiprocessor Systems
5. Disadvantages of Multiprocessor Systems
6. Flynn’s Classification
7. Single Instruction, Single Data (SISD) Systems
8. Single Instruction, Multiple Data (SIMD) Systems
9. Multiple Instruction, Single Data (MISD) Systems
10. Multiple Instruction, Multiple Data (MIMD) Systems
11. Interconnection Structures in Multiprocessors
12. Time Shared Common Bus
13. Multiport Memory
14. Crossbar Switch
15. Multistage Switching Network
16. Hypercube Interconnection
17. Cache Coherence
18. Cache Write Policies
19. Write Back (WB)
20. Write Through (WT)
21. Solution of Cache Coherence Problem
22. Software Level Solution - Compiler-Based Cache Coherence Mechanism
23. Hardware Level Solutions
24. Introduction to Vector Processing and Array Processors
25. Introduction to Multithreaded Architecture
26. Features of Multithreaded Architecture

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BCA 5th Semester Computer Architecture Notes Pdf:

• Unit I: Introduction To Computer Architecture And Organization
• Unit II: Register Transfer And Micro Operations
• Unit III: Central Processing Unit (CPU)
• Unit IV: Computer Arithmetic
• Unit V: Control Unit (CU)
• Unit VI: Memory Organization
• Unit VII: Input/Ouput Organization
• Unit VIII: Reduced Instruction Set Computer (RISC)
• Unit X: Multicore Computers