An Examination of the Performance of Parallel Calculation of the Radiation Integral on a Beowulf-Class Computer
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This paper uses the parallel calculation of the radiation integral for examination of performance and compiler issues on a Beowulf-class computer. This type of computer, built from mass-market, commodity, of-the-shelf components, has limited communications performance and therefore also has a limited regime of codes for which it is suitable. This paper first shows that this code falls within this regime, and then examines performance data, including run-time, scaling, compiler choices, and the use of some hand-tuned optimizations, comparing results from a Beowulf and a Cray T3D.
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