Title
Performance of the NAS Benchmarks on a Cluster of SMP PCs Using a Parallelization of the MPI Programs with OpenMP
Abstract
The availability of multiprocessors and high performance networks offer the opportunity to build CLUMPs (Cluster of Multiprocessors) and use them as parallel computing platforms. The main distinctive feature of the CLUMP architecture over the usual parallel computers is its hybrid memory model (message passing between the nodes and shared memory inside the nodes). To be largely used, the CLUMPs must be able to execute the existing programs with few modifications. We investigate the performance of a programming approach based on the MPI for inter-multiprocessor communications and OpenMP standards for intra-multiprocessor exchanges. The approach consists in the intra-node parallelization of the MPI programs with an OpenMP directive based parallel compiler. The paper details the approach in the context of the biprocessor PC CLUMPs and presents a performance evaluation for the NAS parallel benchmarks.
Year
DOI
Venue
1999
10.1007/3-540-48387-X_36
PACT
Keywords
Field
DocType
programming approach,smp pcs,biprocessor pc clumps,nas parallel benchmarks,mpi program,usual parallel computer,openmp directive,high performance network,mpi programs,parallel compiler,parallel computing platform,performance evaluation,nas benchmarks,parallel computer,message passing,shared memory,memory model
Shared memory,Computer science,Parallel computing,Memory model,Parallel compiler,Systems architecture,Hybrid system,Message passing,Operating system
Conference
Volume
ISSN
ISBN
1662
0302-9743
3-540-66363-0
Citations 
PageRank 
References 
5
0.71
8
Authors
3
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Franck Cappello13775251.47
Olivier Richard250.71
Daniel Etiemble330042.43