Parallel programming technologies on computer complexes

Programming the Hawaii Parallel Computer

A new application of field programmable gate-arrays is featured in the prototype of the University of Hawaii parallel computer (HPC). User programs are compiled and then executed partly or completely in one or more field programmable gate-arrays (FPGAs). Some compile-for-FPGA systems have yet to effectively implement full high-level language loop constructs. In this paper we show how the condit...

Optimizing Parallel Programming with MPI, Computer Systems

With more and more computationally-intense problems appearing through the fields of math, science, and technology, a need for better processing power is needed in computers. The solution can be found through parallel processing, the act of linking together multiple computers and cutting run-time by using all of them efficiently. MPI (Message Passing Interface) is one of the most crucial and eff...

Programming a Parallel Computer: The Ersatz Brain Project

There is a complex relationship between the architecture of a computer, the software it needs to run, and the tasks it performs. The most difficult aspect of building a brain-like computer may not be in its construction, but in its use: How can it be programmed? What can it do well? What does it do poorly? In the history of computers, software development has proved far more difficult and far s...

Teaching Parallel Programming for Time-Efficient Computer Applications

Academic research and engineering challenge both require high performance computing (HPC), which can be achieved through parallel programming. The existing curricula of most universities do not properly address the major transition from single-core to multicore systems and sequential to parallel programming. They focus on applying application program interface (API) libraries and open multiproc...

Experiences on Data-parallel Programming