High-Performance Computing, Performance Evaluation, and Trends

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Table of Contents

High-Performance Computing, Performance Evaluation, and Trends

Overview

Performance Modeling

Algorithms and Architecture

Blocking

Loop Unrolling

BLAS for Performance

LINPACK Benchmark

LINPACK Benchmark Ax=b

Top500 Fastest Installed Computers

PPT Slide

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Strassen’s Algorithm for Matrix Multiply

Strassen’s Algorithm

Strassen’s Algorithm

Strassen’s Algorithm

Limitations and Pitfalls

URLs for Benchmark

The Importance of Standards - Software (lost decade)

PVM - Parallel Virtual Machine

Physical and Logical Views of PVM

Programming in PVM

Motivation for a New Design

MPI Standard

New Concepts introduced in MPI

Comparing PVM and MPI

High-Performance Computing - 3 Major Efforts in the US

Petaflops (1015) Computing Initiative

A Petaflops Computer System

Key Algorithm Research Issues

Directions - Metacomputing

Metacomputing - Problem Solving Environments

Metacomputing Objectives

Grid Based Computing - Seamless Access to Resources

Requirements for the IPG

Conclusion

References

Author: Jack Dongarra

Email: dongarra@cs.utk.edu

Home Page: http://www.netlib.org/utk/people/JackDongarra/