Parallel Supercomputing In Simd Architectures

Author : R. Michael Hord
Publisher : CRC Press
Page : 400 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 1990-04-30
Category : Computers
ISBN : 0849342716

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Parallel Supercomputing in SIMD Architectures by R. Michael Hord Pdf

Parallel Supercomputing in SIMD Architectures is a survey book providing a thorough review of Single-Instruction-Multiple-Data machines, a type of parallel processing computer that has grown to importance in recent years. It was written to describe this technology in depth including the architectural concept, its history, a variety of hardware implementations, major programming languages, algorithmic methods, representative applications, and an assessment of benefits and drawbacks. Although there are numerous books on parallel processing, this is the first volume devoted entirely to the massively parallel machines of the SIMD class. The reader already familiar with low order parallel processing will discover a different philosophy of parallelism--the data parallel paradigm instead of the more familiar program parallel scheme. The contents are organized into nine chapters, rich with illustrations and tables. The first two provide introduction and background covering fundamental concepts and a description of early SIMD computers. Chapters 3 through 8 each address specific machines from the first SIMD supercomputer (Illiac IV) through several contemporary designs to some example research computers. The final chapter provides commentary and lessons learned. Because the test of any technology is what it can do, diverse applications are incorporated throughout, leading step by step to increasingly ambitious examples. The book is intended for a wide range of readers. Computer professionals will find sufficient detail to incorporate much of this material into their own endeavors. Program managers and applications system designers may find the solution to their requirements for high computational performance at an affordable cost. Scientists and engineers will find sufficient processing speed to make interactive simulation a practical adjunct to theory and experiment. Students will find a case study of an emerging and maturing technology. The general reader is afforded the opportunity to appreciate the power of advanced computing and some of the ramifications of this growing capability.

Author : Efrem G. Mallach
Publisher : McGraw-Hill/Irwin
Page : 404 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 1990-05
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 0074130900

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Parallel Supercomputing in SIMD Architectures by Efrem G. Mallach Pdf

Author : R.Michael Hord
Publisher : CRC Press
Page : 489 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2018-02-01
Category : Computers
ISBN : 9781351092234

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Parallel Supercomputing in MIMD Architectures by R.Michael Hord Pdf

Parallel Supercomputing in MIMD Architectures is devoted to supercomputing on a wide variety of Multiple-Instruction-Multiple-Data (MIMD)-class parallel machines. This book describes architectural concepts, commercial and research hardware implementations, major programming concepts, algorithmic methods, representative applications, and benefits and drawbacks. Commercial machines described include Connection Machine 5, NCUBE, Butterfly, Meiko, Intel iPSC, iPSC/2 and iWarp, DSP3, Multimax, Sequent, and Teradata. Research machines covered include the J-Machine, PAX, Concert, and ASP. Operating systems, languages, translating sequential programs to parallel, and semiautomatic parallelizing are aspects of MIMD software addressed in Parallel Supercomputing in MIMD Architectures. MIMD issues such as scalability, partitioning, processor utilization, and heterogenous networks are discussed as well.This book is packed with important information and richly illustrated with diagrams and tables, Parallel Supercomputing in MIMD Architectures is an essential reference for computer professionals, program managers, applications system designers, scientists, engineers, and students in the computer sciences.

Author : Robert Cypher,Jorge L.C. Sanz
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 153 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2012-12-06
Category : Computers
ISBN : 9781461226123

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The SIMD Model of Parallel Computation by Robert Cypher,Jorge L.C. Sanz Pdf

1.1 Background There are many paradigmatic statements in the literature claiming that this is the decade of parallel computation. A great deal of research is being de voted to developing architectures and algorithms for parallel machines with thousands, or even millions, of processors. Such massively parallel computers have been made feasible by advances in VLSI (very large scale integration) technology. In fact, a number of computers having over one thousand pro cessors are commercially available. Furthermore, it is reasonable to expect that as VLSI technology continues to improve, massively parallel computers will become increasingly affordable and common. However, despite the significant progress made in the field, many funda mental issues still remain unresolved. One of the most significant of these is the issue of a general purpose parallel architecture. There is currently a huge variety of parallel architectures that are either being built or proposed. The problem is whether a single parallel computer can perform efficiently on all computing applications.

Author : J. J. Dongarra
Publisher : North Holland
Page : 328 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 1987
Category : Computers
ISBN : UOM:39015012455138

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Experimental Parallel Computing Architectures by J. J. Dongarra Pdf

Computer Systems Organization -- Parallel architecture.

Author : R. Michael Hord
Publisher : Wiley-IEEE Press
Page : 384 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 1998-08-17
Category : Computers
ISBN : UOM:39015045648063

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Understanding Parallel Supercomputing by R. Michael Hord Pdf

UNDERSTANDING PARALLEL SUPERCOMPUTING is an exhaustive, applications-oriented survey of the world's largest and fastest computers. Beginning with the evolution of parallel supercomputing technology in recent history, author R. Michael Hord goes on to illustrate architectural concepts and implementations at the very center of today's cutting-edge technology. Topics featured include: technology benefits and drawbacks, software tools and programming languages, major programming concepts, sample parallel programs, algorithmic methods, both SIMD and MIMD architectures. This carefully written text will be of interest to engineers, scientists, and program managers involved in geologic exploration, aircraft design, image processing, weather modeling, operations, research, chemical synthesis, and medical applications. It will also be of practical use to computer specialists.

Author : Alice Evelyn Koniges
Publisher : Morgan Kaufmann
Page : 660 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : Computers
ISBN : 9781558605404

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Industrial Strength Parallel Computing by Alice Evelyn Koniges Pdf

High performance computers.

Author : R.Michael Hord
Publisher : CRC Press
Page : 421 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2018-02-01
Category : Computers
ISBN : 9781351083782

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Parallel Supercomputing in MIMD Architectures by R.Michael Hord Pdf

Parallel Supercomputing in MIMD Architectures is devoted to supercomputing on a wide variety of Multiple-Instruction-Multiple-Data (MIMD)-class parallel machines. This book describes architectural concepts, commercial and research hardware implementations, major programming concepts, algorithmic methods, representative applications, and benefits and drawbacks. Commercial machines described include Connection Machine 5, NCUBE, Butterfly, Meiko, Intel iPSC, iPSC/2 and iWarp, DSP3, Multimax, Sequent, and Teradata. Research machines covered include the J-Machine, PAX, Concert, and ASP. Operating systems, languages, translating sequential programs to parallel, and semiautomatic parallelizing are aspects of MIMD software addressed in Parallel Supercomputing in MIMD Architectures. MIMD issues such as scalability, partitioning, processor utilization, and heterogenous networks are discussed as well.This book is packed with important information and richly illustrated with diagrams and tables, Parallel Supercomputing in MIMD Architectures is an essential reference for computer professionals, program managers, applications system designers, scientists, engineers, and students in the computer sciences.

Author : Moreshwar R. Bhujade
Publisher : New Age International
Page : 210 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 1995
Category : Parallel processing (Electronic computers)
ISBN : 812240684X

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Parallel Computing by Moreshwar R. Bhujade Pdf

Parallel Computing Deals With The Topics Of Current Interests In Parallel Processing Architectures (Synchronous Parallel Architectures). The Synchronous Model Of Parallel Processing Is Based On Two Orthogonal Fundamental Ideas, Viz.,1. Temporal Parallelism (Pipeline Processing), And2. Spatial Parallelism (Simd Parallel Processing).This Book Is Devoted To An Indepth Treatment Of Both Of The Above Ideas. The Primary Goal Here Is To Provide A Deeper Understanding Of The Ideas And Principles Involved And Not The Description Of Machines Which Could Be Found Elsewhere. The Material Presented In This Book Has Evolved Through The Advanced Courses Taught By The Author In Architecture And Parallel Processing. A One Semester Advanced Course Can Be Planned Employing The Material From This Book, Supplemented By The Papers Of Current Interests From Current Technical Literature.

Author : Robert Kuhn,David Padua
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 166 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2022-05-31
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9783031017681

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Parallel Processing, 1980 to 2020 by Robert Kuhn,David Padua Pdf

This historical survey of parallel processing from 1980 to 2020 is a follow-up to the authors’ 1981 Tutorial on Parallel Processing, which covered the state of the art in hardware, programming languages, and applications. Here, we cover the evolution of the field since 1980 in: parallel computers, ranging from the Cyber 205 to clusters now approaching an exaflop, to multicore microprocessors, and Graphic Processing Units (GPUs) in commodity personal devices; parallel programming notations such as OpenMP, MPI message passing, and CUDA streaming notation; and seven parallel applications, such as finite element analysis and computer vision. Some things that looked like they would be major trends in 1981, such as big Single Instruction Multiple Data arrays disappeared for some time but have been revived recently in deep neural network processors. There are now major trends that did not exist in 1980, such as GPUs, distributed memory machines, and parallel processing in nearly every commodity device. This book is intended for those that already have some knowledge of parallel processing today and want to learn about the history of the three areas. In parallel hardware, every major parallel architecture type from 1980 has scaled-up in performance and scaled-out into commodity microprocessors and GPUs, so that every personal and embedded device is a parallel processor. There has been a confluence of parallel architecture types into hybrid parallel systems. Much of the impetus for change has been Moore’s Law, but as clock speed increases have stopped and feature size decreases have slowed down, there has been increased demand on parallel processing to continue performance gains. In programming notations and compilers, we observe that the roots of today’s programming notations existed before 1980. And that, through a great deal of research, the most widely used programming notations today, although the result of much broadening of these roots, remain close to target system architectures allowing the programmer to almost explicitly use the target’s parallelism to the best of their ability. The parallel versions of applications directly or indirectly impact nearly everyone, computer expert or not, and parallelism has brought about major breakthroughs in numerous application areas. Seven parallel applications are studied in this book.

Author : Michael Jay Quinn
Publisher : McGraw-Hill Companies
Page : 312 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 1987
Category : Computers
ISBN : UOM:39015012665363

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Designing Efficient Algorithms for Parallel Computers by Michael Jay Quinn Pdf

Mathematics of Computing -- Parallelism.

Author : Christian Bischof
Publisher : IOS Press
Page : 824 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : Computers
ISBN : 9781586037963

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Parallel Computing by Christian Bischof Pdf

ParCo2007 marks a quarter of a century of the international conferences on parallel computing that started in Berlin in 1983. The aim of the conference is to give an overview of the developments, applications and future trends in high-performance computing for various platforms.

Author : Behrooz Parhami
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 532 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2006-04-11
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780306469640

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Introduction to Parallel Processing by Behrooz Parhami Pdf

THE CONTEXT OF PARALLEL PROCESSING The field of digital computer architecture has grown explosively in the past two decades. Through a steady stream of experimental research, tool-building efforts, and theoretical studies, the design of an instruction-set architecture, once considered an art, has been transformed into one of the most quantitative branches of computer technology. At the same time, better understanding of various forms of concurrency, from standard pipelining to massive parallelism, and invention of architectural structures to support a reasonably efficient and user-friendly programming model for such systems, has allowed hardware performance to continue its exponential growth. This trend is expected to continue in the near future. This explosive growth, linked with the expectation that performance will continue its exponential rise with each new generation of hardware and that (in stark contrast to software) computer hardware will function correctly as soon as it comes off the assembly line, has its down side. It has led to unprecedented hardware complexity and almost intolerable dev- opment costs. The challenge facing current and future computer designers is to institute simplicity where we now have complexity; to use fundamental theories being developed in this area to gain performance and ease-of-use benefits from simpler circuits; to understand the interplay between technological capabilities and limitations, on the one hand, and design decisions based on user and application requirements on the other.

Author : Kai Hwang,Fayé Alayé Briggs
Publisher : McGraw-Hill Companies
Page : 872 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 1984
Category : Computers
ISBN : UOM:39015047345718

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Computer Architecture and Parallel Processing by Kai Hwang,Fayé Alayé Briggs Pdf

Computer Systems Organization -- Parallel architecture.

Author : Gary Sabot
Publisher : Addison Wesley Longman
Page : 280 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 1995
Category : Computers
ISBN : UOM:39015034297781

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High Performance Computing by Gary Sabot Pdf

This book shows by example how to solve complex scientific problems with programs that run on high-performance computers. Combining case studies from a variety of problem domains, it shows how to map or transform an abstract problem into concrete solutions that execute rapidly and efficiently on available high-performance hardware.