CS 625 - Parallel and Distributed Computing

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University of San Francisco

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Prerequisites: CS - 245, CS - 315, CS - 326. Introduction to shared- and distributed-memory architectures. Mechanisms for parallelism: locks, barriers, semaphores, monitors, message-passing, RPC, and active messages. Programming shared- and distributed-memory systems. Introduction to parallel algorithms and parallel performance prediction and measurement. Programming languages and libraries that support parallel and distributed computing. Four hours lecture. Offered Fall 2006.

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4.00

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Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.usfca.edu/

Phone Number:

(415) 422-5555

Regional Accreditation:

Western Association of Schools and Colleges

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Semester

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