Summary
In this chapter, we learned about the different architectures and models we can use to build parallel systems. Then we explored the details of the variety of parallel programming paradigms available to develop parallel software and learned about their behavior and nuances. Finally, we defined some useful metrics to measure the performance of parallel programs.
In the next chapter, we will explore the relationship between hardware and software, as well as how software maps and interacts with the underlying hardware. We will also learn what threads, processes, and services are, how threads are scheduled, and how they communicate with each other. Furthermore, we will cover inter-process communication and much more.
