High Performance Computing
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This book is a "must" for anyone who needs to worry about computer performance, either as a software developer or as a buyer. But it also provides valuable insights for those among us who do... This description may be from another edition of this product.
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:156592312X
ISBN13:9781565923126
Release Date:July 1998
Publisher:O'Reilly Media
Length:464 Pages
Weight:1.72 lbs.
Dimensions:1.0" x 7.1" x 9.2"
Customer Reviews
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Excellent book on modern computing power
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 23 years ago
Explains very nicely and precisely the HW fundamentals of the multiprocessors, memory, RISC, insights in software and optimization concepts like register stacks and nested loops. Very much useful for not to get confused by the buzzwords in the super computer industry. Good book for both the engineers and managers of hardware companies. It is simple and non intrusive read. If you are new engineer in processor design or compiler architecture jobs, this book gives lot of insight and learning needed for your job. However this book is not a bible on computer architecture like Hennessy's books.
very clear explanation of otherwise hard to grip concepts.
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 25 years ago
Materials covered in certain chapters are equivalent to a one semester class at MIT.. though in less detail, the lucid explanation of the fundamental concepts are impressive.. this book is a very good start for someone who has never touched the subject of Parallel Computing before.
Knowledge of software+hardware makes a complete programmer
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 25 years ago
This book provides great insight into the _performance_ of hardware. How can one be a good programmer without knowing how it is that data gets to memory, how data flows through the CPU and what it is in the hardware that makes ones code fast or slow? It amazes me that most of the developers that I work with are ignorant or could not care less about the effects of cache misses, what superscalar/superpipelined really means, and how a "improper" stride through their array can make the performance of their code deplorable. This book makes for a great read and is guaranteed to make a programmer a better programmer.
Anybody work in numerical analysis can't miss this book.
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 25 years ago
It is an excellent book I have read. It includes the latest state of art IA-64 architure, RISC, compiler ...
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