Parallel computing : on the road to exascale /

As predicted by Gordon E. Moore in 1965, the performance of computer processors increased at an exponential rate. Nevertheless, the increases in computing speeds of single processor machines were eventually curtailed by physical constraints. This led to the development of parallel computing, and whi...

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Corporate Authors: ParCo Conference Edinburgh, Scotland
Group Author: Joubert, G. R. Gerhard Robert; Leather, Hugh Computer scientist; Parsons, Mark Computer scientist; Peters, F. J; Sawyer, Mark
Published: IOS Press,
Publisher Address: Amsterdam, Netherlands :
Publication Dates: [2016]
Literature type: Book
Language: English
Series: Advances in parallel computing, volume 27
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Summary: As predicted by Gordon E. Moore in 1965, the performance of computer processors increased at an exponential rate. Nevertheless, the increases in computing speeds of single processor machines were eventually curtailed by physical constraints. This led to the development of parallel computing, and whilst progress has been made in this field, the complexities of parallel algorithm design, the deficiencies of the available software development tools and the complexity of scheduling tasks over thousands and even millions of processing nodes represent a major challenge to the construction and use
Carrier Form: xx, 850 pages : illustrations, forms ; 25 cm.
Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN: 9781614996200 (hardback) :
1614996202 (hardback)
Index Number: QA76
CLC: TP338.6-532
Call Number: TP338.6-532/P222/2015
Contents: Invited talks -- Architectures and performances ; Algorithms -- Performance -- Programming models and methods ; Skeletons -- Accelerators -- Resource management -- Streams -- Applications ; Numerical methods -- Algorithms -- Flow problems -- Data science -- Mini-symposium : ParaFPGA-2015 : parallel computing with FPGAs -- Mini-symposium : experiences of porting and optimizing code for xeon phi processors -- Mini-symposium : coordination programming -- Mini-symposium : symposium on parallel solvers for very large PDE based systems in the earth- and atmospheric sciences -- Mini-symposium : is