Parallelism is destined to change the way we think about and use computers, promising to put within reach solutions to previously unfathomable problems and frontiers of knowledge.

This book provides a state-of-the-art survey of the applications of processor network architectures and of various highly parallel computational methods. Containing a significant amount of expository and explanatory material, it consists of self-contained chapters, each written by experts who have actually performed the implementations and achieved the results covered.

Designed for graduate/postgraduate students and researchers working in the area of supercomputing, the text can also be used by lecturers who wish to illustrate parallel computing methodologies. In addition, it provides a clear reference for practitioners working in this field.