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From: ian@esl.UUCP (Ian Kaplan)
Newsgroups: comp.ai
Subject: Re: Parallel Processing
Message-ID: <571@esl.UUCP>
Date: 25 Feb 88 00:56:40 GMT
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Reply-To: ian@esl.UUCP (Ian Kaplan)
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jb@otter.hple.hp.com (Jason Brown) writes:
>
>To the world,
>
>I have just read a book entitled "Supercomputers of today and tomorrow the
>parallel processing revolution", by richard a jenkins. (TAB press). This book
>goes through the basics of parallel processing and what is happening in the PP
>world at the moment. The book was wriiten in 1985 and is some what put of data
>, I should imagine.
> [ text deleted ]
>
>It would be nice if I could contact the originators [of the parallel 
>machines]>, so if anyone reads this who is at any of the above places
>and knows, or can find out where the person is maybe you could get
>them to contact me.
>

Jason:

   I could not get your address to word via e-mail, so here is my note.

   If you want a more detailed survey read the book by Hwang and
Briggs.  Its title is something like "Parallel Processor
Architecture".  I think that it was published by McGraw-Hill.

  You are rather naive in your belief that someone is going to send
you a note explaining all the trade offs in the parallel architecture
they chose.  Such an explaination would be more appropriate as a
seminar or course, rather than a short note.  Also, why should
researchers spend their time when you will not even spend the time to
go to the library and read more extensively on the topic.  Tab press
is infamous for printing trash.  You also asked for references.  Even
a reference list would be extensive.  However, a technical library
should have some bibliographies.  

The big conference on parallel processing is the International
Conference on Parallel Processing.  Look at the conference
proceedings.  The Proceedings of the International Symposium on
Computer Architecture also has articles on parallel processings on
occasion.

Finally, take a class on computer architecture.  You cannot understand
the tradeoffs in parallel architectures unless you understand standard
serial and vector architectures.

           Ian L. Kaplan
           ESL, Advanced Technology Systems
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