Introducing parallel processing concepts

  • Authors:
  • Michelle Moore

  • Affiliations:
  • Texas A&M University -- Corpus Christi, Corpus Christi, TX

  • Venue:
  • Journal of Computing Sciences in Colleges
  • Year:
  • 2000

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Abstract

As demand for both speed and power in computing has increased, computer hardware designers have continued to improve individual processors. An alternate method of increasing overall computing speed and power, parallel processing is appearing more frequently. Parallel processors are frequently used to solve contemporary computing problems. To take advantage of this increase in power, programmers must design applications so that different parts of the task can be assigned to different processors. For the last five years, I have been evaluating and developing techniques for teaching parallel processing. This paper describes what I have learned.