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Programming Shared Memory

Subsections

Why Threads?
Thread Basics: Creation and Termination
Synchronization Primitives in Pthreads
- Mutual Exclusion for Shared Variables
Shared Memory I; Processes, Threads
- Condition Variables for Synchronization
Controlling Thread and Synchronization Attributes
- Attributes Objects for Threads
Thread Cancellation
Composite Synchronization Constructs
- Barriers
Tips for Designing Asynchronous Programs
OpenMP: a Standard for Directive Based Parallel Programming
- The OpenMP Programming Model
Assignment:
Shared Memory II; Threads, OpenMP Examples

Cem Ozdogan 2006-12-27