CATALOG DESCRIPTION: Parallel computer architecture and programming models. Message passing and shared memory multiprocessors. Scalability, synchronization, memory consistency, cache coherence. Memory ...

Researchers at the University of Maryland have come up with a desktop parallel computing system they say is 100 times faster than current PCs and the kicker is, they want you to name it. That’s right, ...

Students gain advanced knowledge of algorithms; computational biology; computer architecture; computer graphics and visualization; computer systems design; database systems; computer security; ...