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Foil 51 PCF/OpenMP Analysis

From Designing and Building Parallel Programs I: Introduction DoD Modernization Tutorial -- 1995-1998. by Ian Foster, Gina Goff, Ehtesham Hayder, Chuck Koelbel


Advantages
  • Convenient for shared memory, especially when using vendor extensions
Disadvantages
  • Tied strongly to shared memory
  • Few standard features for locality control
A good choice for shared-memory and DSM machines, but portability is still hard



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