Using MPI - 2nd Edition: Portable Parallel Programming with the Message Passing Interface (Scientific and Engineering Computation) (Paperback)

by William Gropp (Author), Ewing Lusk (Author), Anthony Skjellum (Author)

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The Message Passing Interface (MPI) specification is widely used for solving significant scientific and engineering problems on parallel computers. There exist more than a dozen implementations on computer platforms ranging from IBM SP-2 supercomputers to clusters of PCs running Windows NT or Linux ("Beowulf" machines). The initial MPI Standard document, MPI-1, was recently updated by the MPI Forum. The new version, MPI-2, contains both significant enhancements to the existing MPI core and new features. Using MPI is a completely up-to-date version of the authors' 1994 introduction to the core functions of MPI. It adds material on the new C++ and Fortran 90 bindings for MPI throughout the book. It contains greater discussion of datatype extents, the most frequently misunderstood feature of MPI-1, as well as material on the new extensions to basic MPI functionality added by the MPI-2 Forum in the area of MPI datatypes and collective operations. Using MPI-2 covers the new extensions to basic MPI. These include parallel I/O, remote memory access operations, and dynamic process management. The volume also includes material on tuning MPI applications for high performance on modern MPI implementations.

About the Author
William Gropp and Ewing Lusk are Senior Computer Scientists in the Mathematics and Computer Science Division at Argonne National Laboratory. Anthony Skjellum is Associate Professor of Computer Science and Director of the High Performance Computing Laboratory at Mississippi State University. Rajeev Thakur is an Assistant Computer Scientist in the Mathematics and Computer Science Division at Argonne National Laboratory.

Product Details

• Paperback: 350 pages
• Publisher: The MIT Press; 2 edition (November 26, 1999)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0262571323
• ISBN-13: 978-0262571326
• Product Dimensions: 8.9 x 8 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.6 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #47,305 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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36 of 37 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars good reference but short on C examples, April 4, 2000

By	mark benedict (Columbus, Ohio) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Using MPI: Portable Parallel Programming with the Message-Passing Interface (Scientific and Engineering Computation) (Paperback)

I liked the reference as an introduction to MPI, but it switched between fortran and C so often that I spent a fair amount of my time just trying to interpret the code samples and synchronize to the syntax of the language they were using. You shouldnt have that problem if you have used Fortran in the last ten years but i havnt touched it since college. You have to be able to work with both languages though because many of the key concepts are only demonstrated in one language. Also the examples were usaully spread out into mini snipets as opposed to a larger block that might show a more complete picture.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Thorough coverage of MPI programming in Fortran, C, and C++, September 13, 2006

By	A mathematically-oriented reader (USA) - See all my reviews

This book is an excellent introduction to programming with the MPI. It gradually introduces concepts from the simple to the complex. This is done with examples that illustrate the use of different techniques. The examples include the code to implement them. The programming examples alternate between Fortran 90, C, and C++. However, after giving the example in one language, the bindings for the MPI functions in the other two languages are presented. In addition, the programming examples in either language are easily understood. Although my first choice of programming language is Fortran (and I have very basic knowledge or C), I was able to follow the examples in C and C++ and to write their equivalents in Fortran so I could test them on our computers.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Pretty good for MPI Beginners. , May 24, 2008

By	Akila - See all my reviews

I bought this book for a course on Parallel Computing for which we did some basic MPI programming. This book was useful to a great extent in describing the syntax of the MPI routines as well as in providing ample examples. To my knowledge, it doesn't contain advanced MPI concepts but it is good in explaining the basics of MPI if you are a beginner.