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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 1,
Why may you need sorting 2,
What is a comparison based algori...
24  cards
3 - Map & Stencil Pattern
What are parallel patterns 1,
What are the semantics of a paral...,
What is the map pattern 3
18  cards
1 - Introduction
Why do we parallelise 1,
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 2,
What are the attributes of large ...
30  cards
10 - Algorithms 3 (Search)
What is searching 1,
Why may you want to search 2,
Name 3 applications of searching 3
27  cards
11 - Performance & Optimisation
What is implicit with the goal of...,
What are 2 ways to decide which p...,
What is theoretical performance 3
29  cards
4 - Reduction Pattern
What is the reduction pattern 1,
What is the issue with the reduct...,
How do you implement the reductio...
16  cards
5 - Scan Pattern
What is a cumulative sum operatio...,
What are the two types of scan 2,
What does the scan pattern do 3
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 1,
Name 2 applications of a histogram 2,
What do atomic operations deal wi...
15  cards
EXAM QUESTIONS
Explain the difference between th...,
Describe parallel implementations...,
What is the difference between th...
56  cards
Complexities
Serial map 1,
Parallel map 2,
Serial reduction 3
14  cards

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