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Name: High Performance Computing
ID: col11136
Language: English (en)
Summary:

The purpose of this book, High Performance Computing has always been to teach new programmers and scientists about the basics of High Performance Computing. This book is for learners with a basic understanding of modern computer architecture, not advanced degrees in computer engineering, as it is an easily understood introduction and overview of the topic.

Originally published by O'Reilly Media in 1998, the book has since gone out of print and has now been released under the Creative Commons Attribution License on Connexions.
Collection Subtype: Textbook
Subject: Science and Technology
Keywords: floating-point numbers, FORTRAN, high performance computing, loop, memory, multiprocessors, parallelization, profiling, programming, shared-memory, timing
License: Creative Commons Attribution License CC-BY 3.0
Authors: Charles Severance (csev@umich.edu), Kevin Dowd (dowd@atlantic.com)
Copyright Holders: Charles Severance (csev@umich.edu), Kevin Dowd (dowd@atlantic.com)
Maintainers: Charles Severance (csev@umich.edu), Daniel Williamson (dcwill@cnx.org), Jared Adler (jca2@rice.edu), Kevin Dowd (dowd@atlantic.com)
Latest version: 1.5 (history)
First publication date: Nov 13, 2009 10:02 am US/Central
Last revision to collection: Aug 25, 2010 10:42 am GMT-5

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Version: 1.5 Aug 25, 2010 10:42 am GMT-5 by Daniel Williamson
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Version: 1.4 Feb 11, 2010 5:16 pm US/Central by Daniel Williamson
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Version: 1.3 Feb 11, 2010 4:06 pm US/Central by Daniel Williamson
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Version: 1.2 Nov 13, 2009 5:45 pm US/Central by Daniel Williamson
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Version: 1.1 Nov 13, 2009 10:05 am US/Central by Daniel Williamson
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