1. Computer Architecture Introduction to Data-Parallel architectures
Ola Flygt
Växjö University

2. Outline
Introduction
Connectivity
Alternative architecture
CH01

3. Data-parallel computation (bit parallel)

4. Application of Data-parallel Architectures: One data entity processed by one PE

5. Connectivity

6. Near-neighbor connectivity (2-D: Mesh)

7. Tree: 2-D hierarchy

8. Pyramid: 3-D hierarchy

9. Hypercube: 2^N nodes in N dimension

10. Hypercube: 4-D Long and short-range connections

11. Data-parallel approaches

12. Principal characteristics of data-parallel systems