Sparse Elimination on Vector Multiprocessors.
Abstract
Studies of microtasking with up to 16 CRAY X-MP processors for LU decomposition of dense systems of equations have given rise to hybrid algorithms. One issue addressed has been the problem of memory bank conflicts, which increases with the number of processors. Conflict resistant algorithms have been developed. It is possible to assembly-code the X-MP so that accesses are pre-fetched into vector registers. Several reports have been prepared recently under this effort, and a paper entitled 'Task Granularity Studies in a Many-Processor Cray X-MP' has been accepted for publication in 'Parallel Computing.'
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Apr 16, 1985
- Accession Number
- ADA158274
Entities
People
- Donald Albert Calahan
Organizations
- University of Michigan