PART 1 Foundations Chapter 1 Introduction The Power and Potential of Parallelism Examining Sequential and Parallel Programs Parallelism Using Multiple Instruction Streams The Goals: Scalability and Performance Portability Chapter Summary
Chapter 2 Understanding Parallel Computers Balancing Machine Specifics With Portability A Look at Six Parallel Computers An Abstraction of Sequential Computer The PRAM: A Parallel Computer Model The CTA: A Practical ParallelComputer Model Memory Reference Mechanisms A Closer Look at Communication Applying the CTA model Chapter Summary Chapter 3 Reasoning about Performance
PART 2 Parallel Abstractions Chapter 4 First Steps Toward Parallel Programming Chapter 5 Scalable Algorithmic Techniques
PART 3 Parallel Programming Languages Chapter 6 Programming With Threads Chapter 7 MPL and Other Local View Languages Chapter 8 ZPL and Other Global View Languages Chapter 9 Assessing the State of the Art
RART 4 Looking Forward Chapter 10 Future Directions In Parallel Programming Chapter 11 Writing Parallel Programs Glossary References Index