parallel_2008_hppc

parallel_2008_hppc, "Parallel Programming Concepts", a talk given at the High Performance Parallel Computation Bootcamp (HPPC-2008), jointly sponsored by the University of Virginia and Virginia Tech, held from 28 July to 02 August 2008.

• parallel_2008_hppc.tex
• parallel_2008_hppc.pdf

The following files were used:

• blast_speedup1.png, a plot of the speedup of the BLAST program for a single sequence.
• blast_speedup5.png, a plot of the speedup of the BLAST program for sequences of increasing size.
• clockspeeds.png, a plot of computer clockspeeds, showing the "ceiling" at 4 GigaHertz reached around 2003.
• dont_panic.png, some good advice from the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy.
• eniac_1946.png, a PNG image of the ENIAC computer, around 1946.
• factory_workers.png, a PNG image of factory workers.
• fsu_logo.pdf, a logo.
• heat_equation.png, a PNG image of the solution of the heat equation using domain decomposition.
• integral_rectangles4.png, a PNG image of the approximation of an integral using rectangles.
• lanl.png, a PNG image of the historical increase in computer clock speeds.
• linpack_mflops.png, a PNG image of the computational rate of the Linpack benchmark on a given computer, for a range of problem sizes.
• mflops.png, a chart showing the speed when using one processor.
• mflops2.png, a chart showing the speedup when using two processors.
• numa.png, a schematic diagram of a NUMA architecture (non-uniform memory access).
• quad_core.png, a PNG image of the Intel quad core processor chip.
• server_rack.png, a PNG image of a rack of servers that are part of a parallel computer.
• sudoku.png, a PNG image of a Sudoku puzzle.
• tasks1.png, a plot of how a sequential computer sees a series of tasks.
• tasks2.png, a plot of the logical dependence of tasks in Peter Beerli's MIGRATE calculations.
• tasks3.png, a plot of the logical dependence of tasks in Gauss elimination.
• tasks4.png, a plot of the logical dependence of tasks in an irregular problem.
• tasks4_1.png, a plot of the logical dependence of tasks in an irregular problem, step 1.
• tasks4_2.png, a plot of the logical dependence of tasks in an irregular problem, step 2.
• tasks4_3.png, a plot of the logical dependence of tasks in an irregular problem, step 3.
• tasks4_4.png, a plot of the logical dependence of tasks in an irregular problem, step 4.
• tasks4_5.png, a plot of the logical dependence of tasks in an irregular problem, step 5
• tasks4_6.png, a plot of the logical dependence of tasks in an irregular problem, step 6.
• tasks4_7.png, a plot of the logical dependence of tasks in an irregular problem, step 7.
• tasks4_8.png, a plot of the logical dependence of tasks in an irregular problem, step 8.
• vector_max.f, a sequential FORTRAN90 code for computing the maximum element in a vector.
• vector_max_mpi_part1.f, part 1 of an MPI version of the vector_max code.
• vector_max_mpi_part2.f, part 2 of an MPI version of the vector_max code.
• vector_max_mp3_part1.f, part 3 of an MPI version of the vector_max code.
• vector_max_openmp.f, an OpenMP version of the vector_max code.
• von_neumman_1955.png, a PNG image of the classic von Neumann schematic of a computer.