Scientific Computing with Multicore and Accelerators

by Jack Dongarra and David A. Bader

The hybrid/heterogeneous nature of future microprocessors and large high-performance computing systems will result in a reliance on two major types of components: multicore/manycore central processing units and special purpose hardware/massively parallel accelerators. While these technologies have numerous benefits, they also pose substantial performance challenges for developers, including scalability, software tuning, and programming issues...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 143982536X
• ISBN13: 9781439825365
• Release Date: December 2010
• Publisher: CRC Press
• Length: 514 Pages
• Weight: 1.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.1" x 9.2"