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Foil 46 MPI Analysis

From Designing and Building Parallel Programs I: Introduction DoD Modernization Tutorial -- 1995-1998. by Ian Foster, Gina Goff, Ehtesham Hayder, Chuck Koelbel
Advantages:
  • Wide availability of efficient implementations
  • Support for modular design, code reuse
Disadvantages:
  • Low level ("parallel assembly code")
  • Less well-suited to shared-memory machines
Good for performance-critical codes with natural task modularity

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