Research Catalog

Title

High performance computing : technology, methods, and applications / edited by J.J. Dongarra [and others].

Publication

Amsterdam ; New York : Elsevier, 1995.

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Additional Authors

Dongarra, J. J.

Description

viii, 427 pages : illustrations; 25 cm.

Series Statement

Advances in parallel computing ; v. 10

Uniform Title

Advances in parallel computing ; v. 10.

Subject

• High performance computing

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references.

Contents

• Preface. About High Performance Computing and This Book / J. Kowalik and L. Grandinetti -- Heterogeneous Network-Based Computing Systems / J. Dongarra -- Data Communication and High Performance Computing / O. A. McBryan -- Scalability of Parallel Systems: Efficiency Versus Execution Time / J. Kowalik -- Architectural Features Affecting Total Scalability of Parallel Systems / J. Sobolewski -- Trends in High-Performance Computer Architecture / J.-L. Baer -- The CONVEX Exemplar SPP1000 and SPP1200 - New Scalable Parallel Systems with a Virtual Shared Memory Architecture / F. Baetke -- Hardware Performance of the VPP500 Parallel Supercomputer / A. Nodomi et al -- The Balance of Power - A Brief History of Cray Research Hardware Architectures / L. Davis -- Designing a Scalable Parallel System: the IBM SP2 / T. Agerwala et al -- An Integrated Environment for the Support of Automatic Compilation / M. Pantano and H. Zima --
• The Design and Implementation of the Reduction Routines in ScaLAPACK / J. Choi et al -- Software Tools for Parallel Computers and Workstation Clusters / W. Gentzsch -- Mentat-Applying the Object-Oriented Paradigm to Parallel Processing / A. Grimshaw -- Parallel Loop Scheduling for High Performance Computers / K. K. Yue and D. J. Lilja -- The MPI Message-Passing Interface Standard: Overview and Status / W. Gropp and E. Lusk -- Software Engineering Considerations in the Construction of Parallel Programs / J. Schaeffer and D. Szafron -- A Role for High Performance Computing in Surgery / C. Diegert -- Parallel Shortest Paths Methods for Globally Optimal Trajectories / D. P. Bertsekas et al -- Financial Applications and HPF / A. Joubert -- Virtual Reality and High Performance Computing / H. Sowizral -- Collaborative Computing / K. Sharma -- Sparse Block and Cyclic Data Distributions for Matrix Computations / R. Asenjo et al --
• Parallel Image Compression with JPEG for Multimedia Applications / G. Falkemeier and G. Joubert -- High Performance Computational Chemistry; NWChem and Fully Distributed Parallel Applications / M. F. Guest et al.

ISBN

0444821635

LCCN

95214906

OCLC

• 34028382
• ocm34028382

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries