Today’s Parallel Computer Architecture

• Extension of traditional computer architecture to support communication and cooperation

  • Communications architecture

Multiprogramming

Shared

Memory

Message

Passing

Data

Parallel

User

Level

Programming

Model

Library and Compiler

Communication

Abstraction

System

Level

Operating System

Support

Hardware/Software

Boundary

Communication

Hardware

Physical Communication Medium

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