Encyclopedia of Parallel Computing

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Padua, David (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Boston, MA : Springer US, 2011.
• Subjects: Computer science.; Microprocessors.; Special purpose computers.; Computer system failures.; Software engineering.; Programming languages (Electronic computers).; Computer Science.; Programming Languages, Compilers, Interpreters.; Processor Architectures.; System Performance and Evaluation.; Special Purpose and Application-Based Systems.; Software Engineering/Programming and Operating Systems.

Containing over 300 entries in an A-Z format, the Encyclopedia of Parallel Computing provides easy, intuitive access to relevant information for professionals and researchers seeking access to any aspect within the broad field of parallel computing. Topics for this comprehensive reference were selec...

Table of Contents:

• General concepts: Speedup
• Efficiency
• Redundancy
• Efficiency
• Isoefficiency
• Amdahl's law
• Computer architecture: Concepts
• Parallel machine designs
• Machines
• Benchmarks
• Parallel programming: Concepts
• Designs
• Algorithms: Concepts
• Algorithms
• Libraries
• SuperLU
• Parallel applications: Computational fluid dynamics
• Bio-molecular simulation (NMAD)
• Cosmology
• Quantum Chemistry.