Reviews of Parallel Programming With MPI

Parallel Programming With MPI Reviews

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Yes I have found myself doing that - Review written on October 24, 2001

Rating: 5 out of 5
1 customer found this review helpful, 28 did not.

I have often found myself checking out the gordious lady sitting in front of me after having read this book. I had a Java project to re-write MPI Bcast, Reduce, and Barrier using the oppposite implementations that MPI already had. i.e. Bcast done in MSB, and so on. I had to come up to speed very quickly and this allowed me to do so.

The best Introductory book - Review written on January 09, 2001

Rating: 5 out of 5
4 customers found this review helpful, 23 did not.

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Parcheco in this book is carving the path for Parallel programming enthusiasts to follow towards a sound understanding of MPI 1.X. If this book is being adviced as a basic or supplementary book for starters, in an undergraduate course where a sound knowledge of C is required, then no excuse can be found for not being able to tackle an excercise like the following, after 1 week of studying the book.

P0 P1

0 0|0 0

where P0 must send the last column from P0 and receive the first column of P1... You simply pack them and send them with an MPI_Type_vector derived data type...

Obtain this book it is what people describe as a "value for money"

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All you smart undergrads can take this book before your semester starts and be ready and cool in 2 weeks to simply just sit in the class listening the Proff explaining the obvious...and of course you can take a look at this gordious lady sitting in front of you without being afraid of missing an important concept if you distract a minute your mind...take your revenge from the "brainless" football player she is being dating with... :-)

A necessary volume - Review written on January 20, 1999

Rating: 4 out of 5
5 customers found this review helpful, 1 did not.

A necessary volume for anyone working with MPI. After reading the books by Snir and Gropp this is a great follow-on which demystifies a few complex concepts in MPI.

Very thorough - Review written on June 22, 1998

Rating: 5 out of 5
13 customers found this review helpful, 3 did not.

Very seldom do I find a programming book being as detail as this one. Definitely worth reading if you are new to MPI.

An excellent, concise walk-through of MPI. - Review written on May 20, 1998

Rating: 5 out of 5
5 customers found this review helpful, 1 did not.

This book is an excellent walk-through of MPI programming, with extensive coverage of more general topics in parallel programming. It makes an excellent companion to a course on parallel programming, and is also just generally a good read.

Worthwhile - Review written on January 04, 1998

Rating: 4 out of 5
3 customers found this review not to be helpful.

A well-organized, methodical presentation of a complex subject.

Comments for Fortran Users - Review written on March 05, 1997

Rating: 4 out of 5
10 customers found this review helpful.

As the book description indicates, the text is based on the C language. The Fortran MPI function calls are slightly different (syntatically) than the C equivalents. Fortran users should be aware that these differences are not discussed in the text. However, the sample programs from the text are available in Fortran from the author's web page (referenced in the book).

Aside from this, Parallel Programming With MPI is an easy reading book which introduces the material through working examples. The book also contains a nice introduction to high performance computing and optimization issues. I still have a lot to learn , but I'm glad I bought it!