Training Edition . Internet-University of Information Technologies: 2005. - 176 pages . ISBN : 5-9556-0018-3. The textbook consists of an introduction, eight sections and a list of references that give general ideas about multiprocessor computing systems, including their architecture, methods for assessing performance, features of processors and communication environments. Much attention in the textbook is paid to the consideration of cluster computing systems, as well as computer systems of leading world and domestic manufacturers. The textbook is designed to educate students and postgraduates of higher technical educational institutions, as well as to improve the skills of specialists associated in their activities with the direction "Applied mathematics and computer science" .