High Performance Fortran and Possible Extensions to Support Conjugate Gradient Algorithms

  • Authors:
  • Kivanc Dincer;Geoffrey C. Fox;Kenneth Hawick

  • Affiliations:
  • -;-;-

  • Venue:
  • HPDC '96 Proceedings of the 5th IEEE International Symposium on High Performance Distributed Computing
  • Year:
  • 1996

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Abstract

We evaluate the High Performance Fortran (HPF) language for the compact expression and efficient implementation of conjugate gradient iterative matrix-solvers on High-Performance Computing and Communications(HPCC) platforms. We discuss the use of intrinsic functions, data distribution directives and explicitly parallel constructs to optimize performance by minimizing communications requirements in a portable manner. We focus on implementations using the existing HPF definitions but also discuss issues arising that may influence a revised definition for HPF-2. Some of the codes discussed are available on the World Wide Web at http://www.npac.syr.edu/hpfa/, alongwith other educational and discussion material related to applications in HPF.