Objectives of Parallel Computing

After reading this topic, you would be able to:

• Tell historical details of parallel computing;
• Explain the fundamental ideas of discipline, for example: of program, process, Thread, Parallel execution, Concurrent execution and Granularity;
• Explain the requirement of parallel computing;
• Explain the levels of parallel processing;
• Explain the fundamental theory of dataflow computing, and
• Illustrate several applications of parallel computing;