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Scalable Parallel Computing: Technology, Architecture, Programming (Hardcover)

by Kai Hwang (Author), Zhiwei Xu (Author)

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Product Description
This comprehensive new text from author Kai Hwang covers four important aspects of parallel and distributed computing -- principles, technology, architecture, and programming -- and can be used for several upper-level courses.

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Hardcover: 832 pages
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Science/Engineering/Math; 1 edition (February 1, 1998)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0070317984
ISBN-13: 978-0070317987
Product Dimensions: 9.6 x 7.6 x 1.4 inches
Shipping Weight: 3.1 pounds

Average Customer Review: 1.3 out of 5 stars See all reviews (3 customer reviews)

Amazon.com Sales Rank: #1,573,847 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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9 books cite this book:

Introduction to Parallel Processing: Algorithms and Architectures (Series in Computer Science) by Behrooz Parhami in Front Matter, and page 478
Fundamentals of Digital Logic with Verilog Design by Stephen Brown in Front Matter
Understanding Networked Applications: A First Course (The Morgan Kaufmann Series in Networking) by David G. Messerschmitt in Back Matter
Annual Review of Scalable Computing (Series on Scalable Computing) by Yuen Chung Kwong in Back Matter
Annual Review of Scalable Computing by Yuen Chung Kwong on page 219

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2.0 out of 5 stars Very interesting conceptual basis, but, September 10, 2001

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The information provided in this book are a bit out of date, the description way to light harted, no pictures of the physical arrangement of the physical implementation are provided.
Most of the graphics and graphs are of appaling quality.
The web references--even the updated ones on the first autors home-page--are out of date.

Don't get me wrong: I learned a lot about computer architecture from Prof. Hwang's other books way back in the eighties, this one has a very interesting conceptual basis but is lacking on needed detail. You can learn a lot from this book, but you need the whole of the web to supplement it; for this the price is way over the top.

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1.0 out of 5 stars Scalable Parallel Rubbish, November 23, 2000

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The only reason to buy this book is under force. Aka taking a course where this book is mandatory. Its ill planned, ill conceived and not organized in a proper way.

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1.0 out of 5 stars Useless opus, May 2, 2000

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This is the worst book that I ever read. The authors did not even bothered to proofread it. One would think that people writing on the subject of system architecture will be organizing the material logically. Not these two clowns. The only reason you might want to spend your hard-earned money is if you are under the duress of taking professor's Hwang course at USC. This is the only way they can cell this worthless book. Wish I could return it to the publisher. P.S. A good example on how not to write the computer book (or any technical text book). POd

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