Scientific computing with multicore and accelerators

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Bibliographic Details
Group Author: Bader David A.; Dongarra J. J.; Kurzak Jakub.
Published: CRC Press,
Publisher Address: Boca Raton
Publication Dates: 2010.
Literature type: Book
Language: English
Series: Chapman & Hall/CRC computational science series
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Carrier Form: xxxiii, 480 p.: ill. ; 24 cm.
ISBN: 9781439825365 (hardback)
143982536X (hardback)
Index Number: TP274
CLC: TP274
Call Number: TP274/S416
Contents: Includes bibliographical references and index.
"The current trend in microprocessor architecture is toward powerful multicore designs in which a node contains several full-featured processing cores, private and shared caches, and memory. The IBM Cell Broadband Engine (B.E.) and Graphics Processing Units (GPUs) are two accelerators that are used for a variety of computations, including signal processing and quantum chemistry. This is the first reference on the use of Cell B.E. and GPUs as accelerators for numerical kernels, algorithms, and computational science and engineering applications. With contributions from leading experts, the book covers a broad range of topics on the increased role of these accelerators in scientific computing"--