High Performance Computing: Technology, Methods and Applications

Content: 
Editorial preface
Page v

About High Performance Computing and This Book
Pages 3-4
Janusz S. Kowalik, Lucio Grandinetti

Heterogeneous Network-Based Concurrent Computing Systems Original Research Article
Pages 5-16
Jack J. Dongarra

Data Communication and High Performance Computing Original Research Article
Pages 17-37
Oliver A. McBryan

Scalability of Parallel Systems: Efficiency Versus Execution Time Original Research Article
Pages 39-47
J.S. Kowalik

Architectural Features Affecting Total Scalability of Parallel Systems Original Research Article
Pages 49-60
J.S. Sobolewski

Trends in High-Performance Computer Architecture Original Research Article
Pages 63-79
Jean-Loup Baer

The CONVEX Exemplar SPP1000 and SPP1200—New Scalable Parallel Systems with a Virtual Shared Memory Architecture Original Research Article
Pages 81-102
Frank P.E. Baetke

Hardware Performance of the VPP500 Parallel Supercomputer Original Research Article
Pages 103-120
Moriyuki Takamura, Kenichi Miura, Akira Nodomi, Masayuki Ikeda

The Balance of Power A Brief History of Cray Research Hardware Architectures Original Research Article
Pages 121-132
Lester T. Davis

Designing a Scalable Parallel System: the IBM SP2 Original Research Article
Pages 133-156
Tilak Agerwala, Jamshed H. Mirza, Marc Snir

An Integrated Environment for the Support of Automatic Compilation Original Research Article
Pages 159-176
M. Pantano, H. Zima

The Design and Implementation of the Reduction Routines in ScaLAPACK Original Research Article
Pages 177-202
Jaeyoung Choi, Jack Dongarra, Susan Ostrouchov, Antoine P. Petitet, David W. Walker, R. Clint Whaley

Software Tools for Parallel Computers and Workstation Clusters Original Research Article
Pages 203-221
Wolfgang Gentzsch, Uwe Block, Friedrich Ferstl

Mentat—Applying the Object-Oriented Paradigm to Parallel Processing Original Research Article
Pages 223-242
A.S. Grimshaw

Parallel Loop Scheduling for High Performance Computers Original Research Article
Pages 243-264
Kelvin K. Yue, David J. Lilja

The MPI Message-Passing Interface Standard: Overview and Status Original Research Article
Pages 265-269
Ewing Lusk, William Gropp

Software Engineering Considerations in the Construction of Parallel Programs Original Research Article
Pages 271-289
Jonathan Schaeffer, Duane Szafron

A Role for High-Performance Computing in Surgery Original Research Article
Pages 293-302
Carl Diegert

Parallel Shortest Paths Methods for Globally Optimal Trajectories Original Research Article
Pages 303-315
D.P. Bertsekas, F. Guerriero, R. Musmanno

Financial Applications and HPF Original Research Article
Pages 317-336
Adriaan Joubert

Virtual Reality and High Performance Computing Original Research Article
Pages 337-349
Henry A. Sowizral

Collaborative Computing Original Research Article
Pages 351-357
Kish J. Sharma

Sparse Block and Cyclic Data Distributions for Matrix Computations Original Research Article
Pages 359-377
R. Asenjo, L.F. Romero, M. Ujaldón, E.L. Zapata

Parallel Image Compression with JPEG for Multimedia Applications Original Research Article
Pages 379-394
Gerhard R. Joubert, Guido Falkemeier

High Performance Computational Chemistry; NWChem and Fully Distributed Parallel Applications Original Research Article
Pages 395-427
M.F. Guest, E. Apr`, D.E. Bernholdt, H.A. Früchtl, R.J. Harrison, R.A. Kendall, R.A. Kutteh, X. Long, J.B. Nicholas, J.A. Nichols, H.L. Taylor, A.T. Wong, High Performance Computational Chemistry Group, G.I. Fann, R.J. Littlefield, J. Nieplocha, High Performance Computing Software Support