MIT 6.189 Multicore Programming Primer, January (IAP) 2007

The course serves as an introductory course in parallel programming. It offers 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. Created by MIT OpenCourseWare.

Average Course Length

30 hours

Skill Level

Intermediate

License

Creative Commons (non commercial)

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1: Lecture 1
2: Lecture 1 (cont.)
3: Lecture 2
4: Lecture 3
5: Lecture 4
6: Lecture 5
7: Lecture 6
8: Lecture 7
9: Lecture 8
10: Lecture 9
11: Lecture 10
12: Lecture 11
13: Lecture 12
14: Lecture 14
15: Lecture 15
16: Lecture 16
17: Lecture 17
18: Lecture 18
19: Recitation 4: Cell debugging tools
20: Recitation 5
21: Recitation 6
22: Projects Introduction
23: Project: Global illumination
24: Project: Battery simulation
25: Project: Blue-steel ray tracer
26: Project: Software radio
27: Project: Speech synthesis
28: Project: Backgammon tutor
29: Project: Molecular dynamics
30: Projects Closing
31: Projects award ceremony