Lastovetsky Parallel Computing on Heterogeneous Networks

1. Auflage 2004
ISBN: 978-0-471-45718-3
Verlag: John Wiley & Sons
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 424 Seiten, E-Book

Reihe: Wiley Series on Parallel and Distributed Computing

* New approaches to parallel computing are being developed thatmake better use of the heterogeneous cluster architecture
* Provides a detailed introduction to parallel computing onheterogenous clusters
* All concepts and algorithms are illustrated with workingprograms that can be compiled and executed on any cluster
* The algorithms discussed have practical applications in a rangeof real-life parallel computing problems, such as the N-bodyproblem, portfolio management, and the modeling of oilextraction

Autoren/Hrsg.

Lastovetsky, Alexey L.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Acknowledgments.
Introduction.
PART I. EVOLUTION OF PARALLEL COMPUTING.
Serial Scalar Processor.
Vector and Superscalar Processors.
Shared Memory Multiprocessors.
Distributed Memory Multiprocessors.
Networks of Computers: Architecture and ProgrammingChallenges.
PART II. PARALLEL PROGRAMMING FOR NETWORKS OF COMPUTERS WITH MPCAND HMPI.
Introduction to mpC.
Advanced Heterogeneous Parallel Programming in mpC.
Toward a Message-Passing Library for Heterogeneous Networks ofComputers.
PART III. APPLICATIONS OF HETEROGENEOUS PARALLEL COMPUTING.
Scientific Applications.
Business and Software Engineering Applications.
Appendix A: The mpC N-Body Application.
Appendix B: The Block Cyclic Matrix Multiplication Routine forHeterogeneneous Platforms.
Appendix C: The Parallel Adaptive Quadrature Routine.
Appendix D: The mpC User's Guide.
Bibliography.
Index.

Über Autor(innen)

ALEXEY L. LASTOVETSKY, PhD, is a lecturer in the Department of Computer Science at University College, Dublin. Previously, he was a senior member of the technical staff at Iona Technologies, Ireland, and has also held appointments at the Russian Academy of Sciences and the Moscow State University.