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Parallel Computing

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Decks in this class (13)

2 - Hardware & Architectures
What is optimised for low latency...,
What is optimised for data parall...,
Which has the larger cache cpu or...
55  cards
8 - Algorithms 1 (Sorting)
What is sorting,
Why may you need sorting,
What is a comparison based algorithm
24  cards
3 - Map & Stencil Pattern
What are parallel patterns,
What are the semantics of a paral...,
What is the map pattern
18  cards
1 - Introduction
Why do we parallelise,
What is the analogy for parallel ...,
What was driving optimisation thr...
12  cards
7 - Communication & Synchronisation
How do work items threads communi...,
What is the idea case for memory,
What are the attributes of large ...
30  cards
10 - Algorithms 3 (Search)
What is searching,
Why may you want to search,
Name 3 applications of searching
27  cards
11 - Performance & Optimisation
What is implicit with the goal of...,
What are 2 ways to decide which p...,
What is theoretical performance
29  cards
4 - Reduction Pattern
What is the reduction pattern,
What is the issue with the reduct...,
How do you implement the reductio...
16  cards
5 - Scan Pattern
What is a cumulative sum operations,
What are the two types of scan,
What does the scan pattern do
25  cards
6 - Gather & Scatter Pattern
Name 2 applications of a gather s...,
Discuss data movement in data reo...,
What should you do for data reorg...
26  cards
9 - Algorithms 2 (Histogram)
What is a histogram,
Name 2 applications of a histogram,
What do atomic operations deal with
15  cards
EXAM QUESTIONS
Explain the difference between th...,
Describe parallel implementations...,
What is the difference between th...
56  cards
Complexities
Serial map,
Parallel map,
Serial reduction
14  cards

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