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dc.contributor.authorViswanath, Divakar
dc.date.accessioned2019-01-17 23:55
dc.date.accessioned2018-12-01 23:55:55
dc.date.accessioned2019-01-20 23:47:11
dc.date.accessioned2020-04-01T10:58:00Z
dc.date.available2020-04-01T10:58:00Z
dc.date.issued2017
dc.identifier1004044
dc.identifierOCN: 1091191898en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/26041
dc.description.abstractA variety of programming models relevant to scientists explained, with an emphasis on how programming constructs map to parts of the computer.What makes computer programs fast or slow? To answer this question, we have to get behind the abstractions of programming languages and look at how a computer really works. This book examines and explains a variety of scientific programming models (programming models relevant to scientists) with an emphasis on how programming constructs map to different parts of the computer's architecture. Two themes emerge: program speed and program modularity. Throughout this book, the premise is to "get under the hood," and the discussion is tied to specific programs. The book digs into linkers, compilers, operating systems, and computer architecture to understand how the different parts of the computer interact with programs. It begins with a review of C/C++ and explanations of how libraries, linkers, and Makefiles work. Programming models covered include Pthreads, OpenMP, MPI, TCP/IP, and CUDA.The emphasis on how computers work leads the reader into computer architecture and occasionally into the operating system kernel. The operating system studied is Linux, the preferred platform for scientific computing. Linux is also open source, which allows users to peer into its inner workings. A brief appendix provides a useful table of machines used to time programs. The book's website (https://github.com/divakarvi/bk-spca) has all the programs described in the book as well as a link to the html text.
dc.languageEnglish
dc.relation.ispartofseriesScientific and Engineering Computation
dc.subject.classificationthema EDItEUR::U Computing and Information Technology::UM Computer programming / software engineering::UMS Mobile and handheld device programming / Apps programmingen_US
dc.subject.classificationthema EDItEUR::U Computing and Information Technology::UY Computer scienceen_US
dc.subject.classificationthema EDItEUR::U Computing and Information Technology::UY Computer science::UYZ Human–computer interaction::UYZM Information architectureen_US
dc.subject.otherC
dc.subject.otherC++
dc.subject.otherprogramming languages
dc.subject.otherprocessor
dc.subject.othermemory
dc.subject.othernetwork
dc.subject.otherhigh performance computing
dc.subject.othercomputer science
dc.subject.otherengineering
dc.subject.othersuper computing
dc.titleScientific Programming and Computer Architecture
dc.typebook
oapen.relation.isPublishedByf49dea23-efb1-407d-8ac0-6ed2b5cb4b74
oapen.relation.isbn9780262036290
oapen.pages624
oapen.place.publicationCambridge
oapen.remark.public21-7-2020 - No DOI registered in CrossRef for ISBN 9780262340472
oapen.identifier.ocn1091191898


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