Parallel Computer Models : The state of computing, multiprocessors and multicomputer, multivector and SIMD computers, architectural development tracks.
Program and Network Properties : Conditions of parallelism, program partitioning and scheduling, program flow mechanisms.
System Interconnect Architectures : Network properties and routing, Static interconnection network and dynamic intercommection networks.
Processors and Memory Hierachy : Advanced processor technology—CISC, RISC, Superscalar, Vector VLIW and symbolic processors, memory technology.
Bus, Cache and Shared Memory.
Linear Pipeline Processors, Nonlinear Pipeline, processors Instruction pipeline Design Multiprocessors System Interconnects Vector Processing Principles, Multivector Multiprocessors.