Performance of the NAS benchmarks on a cluster of SMP PCs using a parallelization of the mpi programs with openMP

Franck Cappello, Olivier Richard, Daniel Etiemble

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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 inthe 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.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Title of host publicationParallel Computing Technologies - 5th International Conference, PaCT 1999, Proceedings
EditorsVictor Malyshkin
PublisherSpringer
Pages339-350
Number of pages12
ISBN (Print)3540663630, 9783540663638
DOIs
StatePublished - 1999
Externally publishedYes
Event5th International Conference on Parallel Computing Technologies, PaCT 1999 - St. Petersburg, Russian Federation
Duration: Sep 6 1999Sep 10 1999

Publication series

NameLecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)
Volume1662
ISSN (Print)0302-9743
ISSN (Electronic)1611-3349

Conference

Conference5th International Conference on Parallel Computing Technologies, PaCT 1999
Country/TerritoryRussian Federation
CitySt. Petersburg
Period9/6/999/10/99

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Theoretical Computer Science
  • General Computer Science

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