Theory of Parallel Hardware (SMA 5511)

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MIT Course Number

6.896

As Taught In

Spring 2004

Level

Graduate

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Course Description

Course Features

Course Description

6.896 covers mathematical foundations of parallel hardware, from computer arithmetic to physical design, focusing on algorithmic underpinnings. Topics covered include: arithmetic circuits, parallel prefix, systolic arrays, retiming, clocking methodologies, boolean logic, sorting networks, interconnection networks, hypercubic networks, P-completeness, VLSI layout theory, reconfigurable wiring, fat-trees, and area-time complexity.

This course was also taught as part of the Singapore-MIT Alliance (SMA) programme as course number SMA 5511 (Theory of Parallel Hardware).

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Bradley Kuszmaul, Charles Leiserson, and Michael Bender. 6.896 Theory of Parallel Hardware (SMA 5511). Spring 2004. Massachusetts Institute of Technology: MIT OpenCourseWare, https://ocw.mit.edu. License: Creative Commons BY-NC-SA.


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