Parallel Computing on Heterogeneous Networks

Acknowledgments. Introduction. PART I. EVOLUTION OF PARALLEL COMPUTING. Serial Scalar Processor. Vector and Superscalar Processors. Shared Memory Multiprocessors. Distributed Memory Multiprocessors. Networks of Computers: Architecture and Programming Challenges. PART II. PARALLEL PROGRAMMING FOR NETWORKS OF COMPUTERS WITH MPC AND HMPI. Introduction to mpC. Advanced Heterogeneous Parallel Programming in mpC. Toward a Message-Passing Library for Heterogeneous Networks of Computers. PART III. APPLICATIONS OF HETEROGENEOUS PARALLEL COMPUTING. Scientific Applications. Business and Software Engineering Applications. Appendix A: The mpC N-Body Application. Appendix B: The Block Cyclic Matrix Multiplication Routine for Heterogeneneous Platforms. Appendix C: The Parallel Adaptive Quadrature Routine. Appendix D: The mpC User's Guide. Bibliography. Index.