PARALLEL PROCESSING

Speaker :

Tilak K. Agerwala, IBM Corporation

Sponsor: IBM Corporation

Available only in PAL format

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Tape Description

Parallel processing will be used pervasively in the future in a variety of systems from workstations to mid-range and high-end services. The potential benefits are improved performance and cost/performance, reduced development cost and higher availability. This tutorial presentation describes various forms of parallel processing that are being explored today. These include clusters, multiprocessors and highly parallel processors. These approaches are illustrated by specific examples of different parallel systems directions currently being pursued at IBM.

Tape Length: 57 minutes

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Usage Suggestions: Lower-division/Upper-division/Industry & Professional Use

Speaker Biography

Tilak K. Agerwala is the Director of Future Systems Technology at IBM in Austin, Texas. He is an IEEE Fellow and received a Bachelors of Technology degree in electrical engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology and a PhD in electrical engineering from Johns Hopkins University.