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The document outlines a lecture on parallel processing at the University of Engineering and Technology, Taxila, covering the evolution of computing from the Batch Era to the Network Era. It introduces Flynn's Taxonomy of computer architecture, categorizing computers into four classes based on instruction and data streams: SISD, MISD, SIMD, and MIMD. The lecture emphasizes the significance of these classifications in understanding computer operations and sets the stage for further discussion on SIMD and MIMD configurations in future lectures.

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The document outlines a lecture on parallel processing at the University of Engineering and Technology, Taxila, covering the evolution of computing from the Batch Era to the Network Era. It introduces Flynn's Taxonomy of computer architecture, categorizing computers into four classes based on instruction and data streams: SISD, MISD, SIMD, and MIMD. The lecture emphasizes the significance of these classifications in understanding computer operations and sets the stage for further discussion on SIMD and MIMD configurations in future lectures.

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UNIVERSITY OF ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY, TAXILA

FACULTY OF TELECOMMUNICATION AND INFORMATION ENGINEERING

COMPUTER/SOFTWARE ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT

PARALLEL PROCESSING

2K5-CP,SE

INSTRUCTOR: [Link] ABBAS

Lecture-3

• Decades of Computing
• Models of Computation ( Flynn’s Classification)

Decades of Computing
Batch Era

• IBM System/360 mainframe dominated the corporate computer centers. It


was the typical batch processing machine with punched card readers, tapes
and disk drives, but no connection beyond the computer room.

• The IBM System/360 had an operating system, multiple programming


languages, and 10 megabytes of disk storage.

PARALLEL PROCESSING 6TH TERM-CP, SE UET Taxila


UNIVERSITY OF ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY, TAXILA
FACULTY OF TELECOMMUNICATION AND INFORMATION ENGINEERING

COMPUTER/SOFTWARE ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT

Time-Sharing Era

• Advances in semiconductor technology made the solid-state memory and


integrated circuit feasible.

• Small, fast, and inexpensive enough to be spread throughout the


company at the divisional level.

• Too expensive

Desktop Era

• Personal computers from Compaq, Apple, IBM, Dell, and many others
became pervasive, and changed the face of computing.

• Local area networks (LAN) of powerful personal computers and


workstations began to replace mainframes and minis.

Network Era

• Rapid advances in network technology.

• Introduction of many commercial parallel computers with multiple


processors.

FLYNN’S TAXONOMY OF COMPUTER


ARCHITECTURE

• Any computer, whether sequential or parallel, operates by executing


instructions on data.

• A stream of instructions (the algorithm) tells the computer what to do.


• A stream of data (the input) is affected by these instructions.

• Depending on whether there is one or several of these streams, we


have four classes of computers.

§ Single Instruction Stream, Single Data Stream : SISD.


§ Multiple Instruction Stream, Single Data Stream : MISD.
§ Single Instruction Stream, Multiple Data Stream : SIMD.
§ Multiple Instruction Stream, Multiple Data Stream : MIMD.
PARALLEL PROCESSING 6TH TERM-CP, SE UET Taxila
UNIVERSITY OF ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY, TAXILA
FACULTY OF TELECOMMUNICATION AND INFORMATION ENGINEERING

COMPUTER/SOFTWARE ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT

SISD

• A single processing unit receives a single stream of instructions that


operate on a single stream of data.

MISD

• N processors, each with its own control unit, share a common memory

PARALLEL PROCESSING 6TH TERM-CP, SE UET Taxila


UNIVERSITY OF ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY, TAXILA
FACULTY OF TELECOMMUNICATION AND INFORMATION ENGINEERING

COMPUTER/SOFTWARE ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT

SIMD

• All N identical processors operate under the control of a single


instruction stream issued by a central control unit.

MIMD

• This is the most general and most powerful of our classification.


We have N processors, N streams of instructions and N streams of
data.

PARALLEL PROCESSING 6TH TERM-CP, SE UET Taxila


UNIVERSITY OF ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY, TAXILA
FACULTY OF TELECOMMUNICATION AND INFORMATION ENGINEERING

COMPUTER/SOFTWARE ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT

Note: SIMD and MIMD Configurations will be discussed in


detail in next lecture.

PARALLEL PROCESSING 6TH TERM-CP, SE UET Taxila

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