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CourseComputer Architecture: Parallel Computing
Learn how to process instructions efficiently and explore how to achieve higher data throughput with data-level parallelism.
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1 courseWe suggest you complete the following courses before you get started with Computer Architecture: Parallel Computing:- Computer Architecture: Cache Memory
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Continue your Computer Architecture learning journey with Computer Architecture: Parallel Computing. Learn about superscalar processors and how they are used to improve the processing of instructions. Then dive into the topic of data-parallelism where you will explore vector processing, SIMD extension, and GPUs.
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