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High-Performance Computing Paradigm and Infrastructure

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ISBN-10: 047165471X

ISBN-13: 9780471654711

Edition: 2006

Authors: Laurence T. Yang, Minyi Guo

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With hyperthreading in Intel processors, hypertransport links in next generation AMD processors, multi-core silicon in today's high-end microprocessors from IBM and emerging grid computing, parallel and distributed computers have moved into the mainstream. "High Performance Computing: Paradigm and Infrastructure presents the most recent advances in parallel and distributed computing from experts in the field: The most recent advances in parallel and distributed computing from experts in the field Serves as a unique format for professionals to present, discuss, and exchange their recent advances, new ideas, results, works-in-progress, and experiences in the areas of parallel and distributed…    
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Book details

List price: $231.95
Copyright year: 2006
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons, Incorporated
Publication date: 11/11/2005
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 816
Size: 6.40" wide x 9.37" long x 1.65" tall
Weight: 2.662
Language: English

Preface
Contributors
Programming Model
ClusterGOP: A High-Level Programming Environment for Clusters
Introduction
GOP Model and ClusterGOP Architecture
VisualGOP
The ClusterGOP Library
MPMD Programming Support
Programming Using ClusterGOP
Summary
The Challenge of Providing A High-Level Programming Model for High-Performance Computing
Introduction
HPC Architectures
HPC Programming Models: The First Generation
The Second generation of HPC Programming Models
OpenMP for DMPs
Experiments with OpenMP on DMPs
Conclusions
SAT: Toward Structured Parallelism Using Skeletons
Introduction
SAT: A Methodology Outline
Skeletons and Collective Operations
Case Study: Maximum Segment SUM (MSS)
Performance Aspect in SAT
Conclusions and Related Work
Bulk-Synchronous Parallelism: An Emerging Paradigm of High-Performance Computing
The BSP Model
BSP Programming
Conclusions
Cilk Versus MPI: Comparing Two Parallel Programming Styles on Heterogenous Systems
Introduction
Experiments
Results
Conclusion
Nested Parallelism and Pipelining in OpenMP
Introduction
OpenMP Extensions for Nested Parallelism
OpenMP Extensions for Thread Synchronization
Summary
OpenMP for Chip Multiprocessors
Introduction
3SoC Architecture Overview
The OpenMP Conpiler/Translator
Extensions to OpenMP for DSEs
Optimization for OpenMP
Implementation
Performance Evaluation
Conclusions
Architectural And System Support
Compiler and Run-Time Parallelization Techniques for Scientific Computations on Distributed-Memory Parallel Computers
Introduction
Background Material
Compiling Regular Programs on DMPCs
Compiler and Run-Time Support for Irregular Programs
Library Support for Irregular Applications
Related Works
Concluding Remarks
Enabling Partial-Cache Line Prefetching Through Data Compression
Introduction
Motivation of Partial Cache-Line Perfetching
Cache Design Details
Experimental Results
Related Work
Conclusion
MPI Atomicity and Concurrent Overlapping I/O
Introduction
Concurrent Overlapping I/O
Implementation Strategies
Experiment Results
Summary
Code Tiling: One Size Fits All
Introduction
Cache Model
Code Tiling
Data Tiling
Finding Optimal Tile Sizes
Experimental Results
Related Work
Conclusion
Data Conversion for Heterogeneous Migration/Checkpointing
Introduction
Migration and Checkpointing
Data Conversion
Coarse-Grain Tagged RMR in MigThread
Microbenchmarks and Experiments
Related Work
Conclusions and Future Work
Receiving-Message Prediction and Its Speculative Execution
Background
Receiving-Message Prediction Meth