Using SKaMPI for developing high-performance MPI programs with performance portability

Future Generation Computer Systems

Volumn 19, Issue 5 SPEC, 2003, Pages 749-759

  Reussner, Ralf H ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Design of parallel software; High performance MPI programs; Performance portability

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER HARDWARE; COMPUTER SOFTWARE; DATABASE SYSTEMS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

MESSAGE-PASSING-INTERFACES (MPI);

COMPUTER PROGRAMMING;

EID: 0038587352     PISSN: 0167739X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-739X(02)00182-6     Document Type: Article

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