Parallel Computer Architecture

Preface

Parallel computing has become a critical component of the computing technology of

the 1990s, and it is likely to have as much impact over the next 20 years as micro-

processors have had over the past 20. Indeed, the two technologies are deeply

linked, as the evolution of highly integrated microprocessors and memory chips

makes multiprocessor systems increasingly attractive. Multiprocessors already repre-

sent the high-performance end of almost every segment of the computing market,

from the fastest supercomputers and largest data centers to departmental servers to

the individual desktop. Tightly integrated clusters of PCs, workstations ...