Parallel Computing: From Multicores And Gpu's To Petascale

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Parallel computing technologies have brought dramatic changes to mainstream computing; the majority of todays PC's, laptops and even notebooks incorporate multiprocessor chips with up to four processors. Standard components are increasingly combined with GPU's (Graphics Processing Unit), originally designed for high-speed graphics processing, and FPGA's (Free Programmable Gate Array) to build parallel computers with a wide spectrum of high-speed processing functions. The scale of this powerful hardware is limited only by factors such as energy consumption and thermal control. However, in addition to hardware factors, the practical use of petascale and exascale machines is often hampered by the difficulty of developing software which will run effectively and efficiently on such architecture. This book includes selected and refereed papers, presented at the 2009 international Parallel Computing conference (ParCo2009), which set out to address these problems. It provides a snapshot of the state-of-the-art of parallel computing technologies in hardware, application and software development. Areas covered include: numerical algorithms, grid and cloud computing, programming - including GPU and cell programming. The book also includes papers presented at the six mini-symposia held at the conference. IOS Press is an international science, technical and medical publisher of high-quality books for academics, scientists, and professionals in all fields. Some of the areas we publish in: -Biomedicine -Oncology -Artificial intelligence -Databases and information systems -Maritime engineering -Nanotechnology -Geoengineering -All aspects of physics -E-governance -E-commerce -The knowledge economy -Urban studies -Arms control -Understanding and responding to terrorism -Medical informatics -Computer Sciences

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PARALLEL COMPUTING: FROM MULTICORES AND GPU’S TO PETASCALE Advances in Parallel Computing This book series publishes research and development results on all aspects of parallel computing. Topics may include one or more of the following: high-speed computing architectures (Grids, clusters, Service Oriented Architectures, etc.), network technology, performance measurement, system software, middleware, algorithm design, development tools, software engineering, services and applications. Series Editor: Professor Dr. Gerhard R. Joubert Volume 19 Recently published in this series Vol. 18. Vol. 17. Vol. 16. Vol. 15. W. Gentzsch, L. Grandinetti and G. Joubert (Eds.), High Speed and Large Scale Scientific Computing F. Xhafa (Ed.), Parallel Programming, Models and Applications in Grid and P2P Systems L. Grandinetti (Ed.), High Performance Computing and Grids in Action C. Bischof, M. Bücker, P. Gibbon, G.R. Joubert, T. Lippert, B. Mohr and F. Peters (Eds.), Parallel Computing: Architectures, Algorithms and Applications Volumes 1–14 published by Elsevier Science. ISSN 0927-5452 (print) ISSN 1879-808X (online) Parallel Computing: From Multicores and GPU’s to Petascale Edited by Barbara Chapman University of Houston, USA Frédéric Desprez INRIA, France Gerhard R. Joubert TU Clausthal, Germany Alain Lichnewsky GENCI, France Frans Peters Philips Research, The Netherlands and Thierry Priol INRIA, France Amsterdam • Berlin • Tokyo • Washington, DC © 2010 The authors and IOS Press. All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by any means, without prior written permission from the publisher. ISBN 978-1-60750-529-7 (print) ISBN 978-1-60750-530-3 (online) Library of Congress Control Number: 2010923473 Publisher IOS Press BV Nieuwe Hemweg 6B 1013 BG Amsterdam Netherlands fax: +31 20 687 0019 e-mail:
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