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A Practical Approach to High-Performance Computing

  • Critical field in the sphere of fundamental and applied sciences

  • Authors combine visualization, comprehensibility, and strictness in their presentation

  • Suitable for undergraduate and graduate students, and for researchers and practitioners engaged with high-performance computing systems

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Table of contents (6 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xi
  2. Classification of Computing System Architectures

    • Sergei Kurgalin, Sergei Borzunov
    Pages 1-5
  3. Topologies of Computer Networks

    • Sergei Kurgalin, Sergei Borzunov
    Pages 7-15
  4. Fundamentals of Parallel Computing

    • Sergei Kurgalin, Sergei Borzunov
    Pages 17-35
  5. The MPI Technology

    • Sergei Kurgalin, Sergei Borzunov
    Pages 37-66
  6. The OpenMP Technology

    • Sergei Kurgalin, Sergei Borzunov
    Pages 67-92
  7. Implementation of Parallel Algorithms

    • Sergei Kurgalin, Sergei Borzunov
    Pages 93-115
  8. Back Matter

    Pages 117-206

About this book

The book discusses the fundamentals of high-performance computing. The authors combine visualization, comprehensibility, and strictness in their material presentation, and thus influence the reader towards practical application and learning how to solve real computing problems. They address both key approaches to programming modern computing systems: multithreading-based parallelizing in shared memory systems, and applying message-passing technologies in distributed systems.

The book is suitable for undergraduate and graduate students, and for researchers and practitioners engaged with high-performance computing systems. Each chapter begins with a theoretical part, where the relevant terminology is introduced along with the basic theoretical results and methods of parallel programming, and concludes with a list of test questions and problems of varying difficulty. The authors include many solutions and hints, and often sample code.

Keywords

  • Computer Architecture
  • Computer Networks
  • Parallel Computing
  • Message-Passing Interface (MPI)
  • Open MPI
  • Parallel Algorithms
  • High-Performance Computing (HPC)
  • Scientific Computing
  • Fourier Transform

Authors and Affiliations

  • Department of Digital Technologies, Voronezh State University, Voronezh, Russia

    Sergei Kurgalin, Sergei Borzunov

About the authors

Sergei Kurgalin and Sergei Borzunov have taught related courses such as Parallel Programming, Technologies of Parallel Computing, Parallel and Grid Technologies, and Parallel Data Processing Algorithms at bachelor's and master's level over many years at Voronezh State University.

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: A Practical Approach to High-Performance Computing

  • Authors: Sergei Kurgalin, Sergei Borzunov

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-27558-7

  • Publisher: Springer Cham

  • eBook Packages: Computer Science, Computer Science (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2019

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-27557-0Published: 19 November 2019

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-27560-0Published: 19 November 2020

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-27558-7Published: 10 November 2019

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XI, 206

  • Number of Illustrations: 35 b/w illustrations

  • Topics: Computer Engineering and Networks, Software Engineering

Buying options

eBook USD 44.99
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • ISBN: 978-3-030-27558-7
  • Instant PDF download
  • Readable on all devices
  • Own it forever
  • Exclusive offer for individuals only
  • Tax calculation will be finalised during checkout
Softcover Book USD 59.99
Price excludes VAT (USA)
Hardcover Book USD 84.99
Price excludes VAT (USA)