Parallel Computing (IT-803 (D)) - Important Questions

Distinguish among computer terminologies in each of the following groups:

Describe at least four characteristics of MIMD multiprocessors that distinguish them from multiple computer systems or computer networks.

Prove that a k-stage linear pipeline achieves at most k times speedup over a non-pipelined serial processor.

Explain the four categories of parallelism and the steps to design a parallel program.

Explain the performance metrics of a parallel system.

What are the disadvantages of a cache using Virtual addresses?

Differentiate between:

What is the difference between transaction and transactional memory? Explain briefly.

Briefly characterize the multicache coherence problem and describe various methods that have been suggested to cope with the problem.

Discuss the architecture of a modern GPU. Give its applications.

Discuss the architectural characteristics of future systems.

Write brief notes:

Explain Distributed-Memory Programming with MPI.

Give a brief note on I/O handling in parallel programming language.