J. Miklosko, M. Vajtersic and I. Vrto Insitute of Technical Cybernetics Slovak Academy of Sciences Bratislava, Czechoslovakia R. Klette Central Institute of Cybernetics and Information Processes Academy of Sciences of GDR Berlin, GDR North-Holland, Amsterdam, 1989 ISBN 0-444-70141-9 261 pages orders to: Elsevier Science Publishers B.V. P.O. Box 103 100 AC Amsterdam The Netherlands CHAPTER 1 - FAST ALGORITHMS 1.1. Introduction 1.2 Principles of construction of fast parallel algorithms 1.3 Matrix multiplication on parallel computers 1.4 Algorithms for solving the Poisson equation on parallel computers References CHAPTER 2 - FAST PARALLEL ALGORITHMS FOR ASSOCIATIVE COMPUTERS 2.1 Introduction 2.2 Associative memory and parallel associative processor 2.3 Logical algorithms for PAP 2.4 Numerical algorithms for PAP 2.5 Sorting on an associative computer 2.6 Parallel implmentation of Fast Fourier Transform 2.7 Parallel histogram algorithms for an associative parallel computer 2.8 Linear algebra examples on a parallel associative SIMD-type computer References CHAPTER 3 - SYSTOLIC ALGORITHMS AND THEIR IMPLEMENTATION ON SPECIALIZED PROCESSORS 3.1 Introduction 3.2 Characteristics of systolic arrays and algorithms 3.3 Numerical algorithms 3.4 Non-numerical algorithms 3.5 Complexity of systolic algorithms 3.6 Conclusion References CHAPTER 4 - ALGORITHMS FOR PIPELINE PROCESSORS, MATRIX PROCESSORS AND MULIPROCESSORS 4.1 Introduction 4.2 Pipeline vector computers and their algorithms 4.3. Matrix processors and their algorithms 4.4 Muliprocessor computers and their algorithms References CHAPTER 5 - FAST ALGORITHM FOR SOLUTION OF A SYSTEM OF LINEAR ALGEBRAIC EQUATIONS ON SPECIALIZED VLSI COMPUTERS 5.1 Introduction 5.2 Single VLSI chip computer: SLECI 5.3 VLSI chip with P-processors and cache memory: SLEC2 5.4 VLSI orthogonal pipeline vector processors: SLEC3r and SLEC3c 5.5 VLSI systolic array: SLEC4 5.6 Conclusion References CHAPTER 6 - LOWER TIME BOUNDS FOR SIMD-TYPE ALGORITHMS 6.1 Introduction 6.2 The general SIMD model 6.3 OFF-NETs and ON-NETs 6.4 Local, global and total data transfer measures 6.5 Local, global and total data dependence measures 6.6 Data transfer lemma and applications References Subject index