1. Computer Architecture
2. Special Topics in Computers

Special Topics in Computers: High Performance Computing

July - December 1999
Department of Electrical Engineering
Indian Institute of Technology

Course Coordinator: C.P. Ravikumar

This course will deal with cluster computing, distributed computing, and real-time computing.  Nearly equal coverage will be given to the three topics.  The course material will come from the following books.

• High Performance Cluster Computing, Vol. 1, Ed. Rajkumar Buyya, Prentice Hall PTR, 1999  http://www.phptr.com
• Internetworking with TCP/IP (Three volumes) by D.E. Comer/D.L. Stevens, Prentice Hall International (PHI), 1994
• Real-time Systems by C.M. Krishna and Kang G. Shin, McGraw Hill, 1997

• Minor I and Minor II : 15% each
• Major : 30%
• Term Paper (including presentation): 20%
• Class Project (demonstration) : 20%

• Go to the web page for term papers presented in the course!

1. Download the server example code from here
2. Courseware related to PVM : www.netlib.org/pvm3/ncwn.html

This course will deal with aspects of high-performance computer architecture.  The referencebooks for the course are:
 

• Parallel Computing Theory and Practice by Michael J. Quinn, McGraw Hill, 1994
• Computer Architecture: A Quantitative Approach by John L. Hennessy and David A. Patterson, Morgan Kaufman, 1996

• Minor I and II : 20% each
• Major : 35%
• Homeworks and Quizzes : 10%
• Class Project (including demonstration): 15%