MPI: The Complete Reference (Vol. 2), Vol. 2 - The MPI-2 Extensions [Paperback]

William Gropp (Author), Steven Huss-Lederman (Author), Andrew Lumsdaine (Author), Ewing L. Lusk (Author), Bill Nitzberg (Author), William Saphir (Author), Marc Snir (Author)

Book Description

Series: Scientific and Engineering Computation | Publication Date: September 19, 1998

Since its release in summer 1994, the Message Passing Interface (MPI) specification has become a standard for message-passing libraries for parallel computations. There exist more than a dozen implementations on a variety of computing platforms, from the IBM SP-2 supercomputer to PCs running Windows NT. The MPI Forum, which has continued to work on MPI, has recently released MPI-2, a new definition that includes significant extensions, improvements, and clarifications. This volume presents a complete specification of the MPI-2 Standard. It is annotated with comments that clarify complicated issues, including why certain design choices were made, how users are intended to use the interface, and how they should construct their version of MPI. The volume also provides many detailed, illustrative programming examples.

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About the Author

William Gropp is Associate Division Director and Senior Computer Scientist, MCS Division, at Argonne National Laboratory. Ewing Lusk is Senior Computer Scientist, MCS Division, both at Argonne National Laboratory.

Product Details

• Paperback: 362 pages
• Publisher: The MIT Press; 2nd edition (September 19, 1998)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0262571234
• ISBN-13: 978-0262571234
• Product Dimensions: 9.1 x 7.9 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.4 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,531,551 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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18 of 18 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A great reference for both C and FORTRAN users!, September 3, 1998

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This review is from: Mpi: The Complete Reference (Scientific and Engineering Computation Series) (Paperback)

As the title implies, this book is a great reference for someone who is looking for a guide to the syntax and usage of MPI. The book does not teach "parallel programming" and doesn't discuss other parallel programming tools which means that the nuts and bolts of MPI are all the more clearly presented and accessible. Furthermore, there are still plenty of examples which demonstrate the usage of the many MPI functions.

Another very valuable (and appreciated) aspect of the book is that *both* the C and FORTRAN prototypes are given when new MPI functions are presented (the C and FORTRAN implementations have slightly different forms).

11 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent Reference, August 15, 1998

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This review is from: Mpi: The Complete Reference (Scientific and Engineering Computation Series) (Paperback)

Set up more as a reference than a tutorial, this book allows users with a very basic understanding of MPI to really take off up the learning curve