Introduction to High Performance Computing for Scientists and Engineers |
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| Author:
| Hager, Georg
Wellein, Gerhard |
| Series title: | Chapman and Hall/CRC Computational Science Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-1-4398-1193-1 |
| Publication Date: | Jul 2010 |
| Publisher: | Taylor & Francis Group
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| Imprint: | CRC Press |
| Book Format: | Digital (delivered electronically) |
| List Price: | USD $100.00USD $265.00USD $360.00 |
Book Description:
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Written by HPC experts, this book provides a solid introduction to current mainstream computer architecture, dominant parallel programming models, and useful optimization strategies for scientific HPC. It facilitates an intuitive understanding of performance limitations without relying on heavy computer science knowledge. The authors highlight the importance of performance modeling of applications on all levels of a system's architecture and include numerous case studies drawn from...
More DescriptionWritten by HPC experts, this book provides a solid introduction to current mainstream computer architecture, dominant parallel programming models, and useful optimization strategies for scientific HPC. It facilitates an intuitive understanding of performance limitations without relying on heavy computer science knowledge. The authors highlight the importance of performance modeling of applications on all levels of a system's architecture and include numerous case studies drawn from their experiences in HPC user support, performance optimization, and benchmarking. Downloadable code and an annotated bibliography are available on the book's website.