'Computer Architecture and Parallel Processing' Summary Of The Book Computer architecture is a branch of Computer Science dealing with Logical Structure, Physical Configuration, Formats, Operational Sequences, Protocols, Controlling Configurations, and Controlling Operations pertaining to computers. Computer Architecture And Parallel Processing contains an Introduction to the world of Parallel Processing and chapters on topics like Input and Output Subsystems, and Memory Subsystems. It also has algorithms related to Processors, Multiprocessor Architecture, Performance Enhancement, and Multiprocessing Controls. The principles of Pipelining, Vector Processing, SIMD Computers, Multiprocessor Programming, Data Flow Computers, VLSI Computations, and Multiprocessing Systems are some of the other concepts discussed in the book. Computer Architecture And Parallel Processing is great for students of Parallel Processing and those of Advanced Architecture in Computer. It has received recommendations and rare reviews from professors of the best colleges for B.Tech. Even though it mostly focuses on theoretical discussion, the content does not appear to be technical and the abundant examples given make it easier to comprehend the text. About The Authors Kai Hwang is a professor of Computer Science and Electrical Engineering. Other books written by him are Advanced Computer Architecture, co-written with Naresh Jotwani, Distributed And Cloud Computing, co-written with Geoffrey C. Fox and Jack J. Dongarra. Hwang did his Ph.D in Computer Science and Electrical Engineering from the University of California, Berkeley, in 1972. He has written more than 220 science papers and 8 books on Computer Science and has been in the field of education and research for more than 40 years. Hwang taught at Purdue University for about 11 years. He is known for being a pioneer in Computer Architecture, Cloud Computing, Distributed Systems, Parallel Processing and Internet Security. He has been the Chief Editor of a magazine called Journal Of Parallel And Distributed Computing. Hwang has also been a visiting faculty at various institutes. Faye Alaye Briggs is a director of the Intel Architecture Group of the Intel Corporation. He is an Intel Fellow and has also worked as a co-architect at Sun Microsystems. Briggs co-founded Axil Computers and was its Chief Technical Officer. He has been a professor at both Purdue University and Rice University. Briggs has also published many technical papers on processors and multiprocessors. He did his B. Tech from Ahmadu Bello University in Nigeria in 1971. Thereafter, he did his M.Tech from Stanford University. He also did his Ph.D from the University of Illinois, in Electrical and Computer Engineering. (flipkart.com)