An Introduction to Parallel Programming

Book Description:

Author Peter Pacheco uses a tutorial approach to show students how to develop effective parallel programs with MPI, Pthreads, and OpenMP. The first undergraduate text to directly address compiling and running parallel programs on the new multi-core and cluster architecture, An Introduction to Parallel Programming explains how to design, debug, and evaluate the performance of distributed and shared-memory programs. User-friendly exercises teach students how to compile, run and modify example programs.
Key features:
Takes a tutorial approach, starting with small programming examples and building progressively to more challenging examples
Focuses on designing, debugging and evaluating the performance of distributed and shared-memory programs
Explains how to develop parallel programs using MPI, Pthreads, and OpenMP programming models

Table of Contents
Chapter 1. Why Parallel Computing
Chapter 2. Parallel Hardware and Parallel Software
Chapter 3. Distributed Memory Programming with MPI
Chapter 4. Shared Memory Programming with Pthreads
Chapter 5. Shared Memory Programming with OpenMP
Chapter 6. Parallel Program Development
Chapter 7. Where to Go from Here

Book Details
Hardcover: 392 pages
Publisher: Morgan Kaufmann (January 2011)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0123742609
ISBN-13: 978-0123742605