Multicore Programming Primer

The course serves as an introductory course in parallel programming. It will have a series of lectures on parallel programming concepts as well as a group project providing hands-on experience with parallel programming. The students will have the unique opportunity to use the cutting-edge PLAYSTATION®3 development platform, as they learn how to design and implement exciting applications for multicore architectures. At the end of the course, students will have an understanding of • Fundamental design philosophies that multicore architectures address. • Parallel programming philosophies and emerging best practices.



Course Highlights

This course features a complete set of lecture notes and video, as well as a full set of recitations. Quizzes are used to reinforce the parallel programming concepts.

Acknowledgements

The course instructors are extremely grateful to Sony, IBM, and Toshiba for their support.

Special Features

• Video lectures
• Class competition video
• Special feature video

Technical Requirements

Special software is required to use some of the files in this course: .zip, .c, .h, and .s.

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