Name: Programming Massively Parallel Processors: A Hands-on Approach 5th Edition
Author: Wen-mei W. Hwu (Author), David B. Kirk (Author), Izzat El Hajj (Author)
ISBN: 9780443439001

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Programming Massively Parallel Processors: A Hands-on Approach 5th Edition

Author(s): Wen-mei W. Hwu (Author), David B. Kirk (Author), Izzat El Hajj (Author)

Publisher: Morgan Kaufmann
Publication Date: June 17, 2026
Edition: 5th
Language: English
Print length: 680 pages
ISBN-10: 0443439001
ISBN-13: 9780443439001

Book Description

Programming Massively Parallel Processors: A Hands-on Approach, Fifth Edition shows both students and professionals alike the basic concepts of parallel programming and GPU architecture. Concise, intuitive, and practical, it is based on years of road-testing in the authors' own parallel computing courses. Various techniques for constructing and optimizing parallel programs are explored in detail, while case studies demonstrate the development process, which begins with computational thinking and ends with effective and efficient parallel programs. This new edition has been updated with an expanded repertoire of optimizations, new patterns and applications, ad more coverage of important CUDA features.

Expanded optimization checklist with a more comprehensive demonstration of essential optimizations across patterns
New pattern and application chapters including: filtering, wavefront parallelism, advanced optimizations for matrix multiplication, and large language models (LLMs)
More coverage of important CUDA features including warp-level programming, cooperative groups, CUDA C++ atomics, and multi-GPU programming with NCCL and NVSHMEM

Editorial Reviews

About the Author

Wen-mei W. Hwu
is a Senior Director of
Research of NVIDIA and the
Sanders-AMD Endowed Chair
Professor Emeritus of Electrical
and Computer Engineering
at the University of Illinois
at Urbana-Champaign. His
work focuses on parallel
computing―covering
architecture, implementation,
compilers, and algorithms. Dr.
Hwu has received numerous
honors, including the ACM/
IEEE Eckert-Mauchly Award,
ACM Grace Murray Hopper
Award, IEEE B.R. Rau Award.
He is an IEEE and ACM
Fellow. He earned his Ph.D.
in Computer Science from UC
Berkele

David B. Kirk
is known for major
contributions to graphics,
hardware, and algorithms.
Before pursuing his Ph.D. at
Caltech, he earned B.S. and
M.S. degrees in mechanical
engineering from MIT and
worked at Raster Technologies
and Hewlett-Packard’s Apollo
Systems Division. After
completing his doctorate, he
served as chief scientist and
head of technology at Crystal
Dynamics. In 1997, he became
Chief Scientist at NVIDIA. Dr.
Kirk has received numerous
honors including the IEEE
Seymour Cray Computer
Engineering Award and
ACM SIGGRAPH Computer
Graphics Achievement
Award. He is a member of
the U.S. National Academy of
Engineering.

Izzat El Hajj
is an Assistant Professor
of Computer Science at
the American University
of Beirut. His research
focuses on leveraging
accelerator architectures
to tackle challenging
computations, with a
focus on GPU computing,
processing-in-memory,
and performance
modeling. He earned his
Ph.D. in Electrical and
Computer Engineering at
the University of Illinois
at Urbana-Champaign.
He has received the
Dan Vivoli Endowed
Fellowship (UIUC) and the
Distinguished Graduate
Award from the American
University of Beirut.