Inside the Message Passing Interface

Introduction

This is a hands-on guide to writing a Message Passing Interface (Message Passing Interface Forum, 2015) implementation from scratch. This book also discusses the major MPI implementations, best optimization techniques, application relevant usage hints, and a historical retrospective of the MPI world—all based on the experience of a quarter century spent inside the MPI. It offers:

–Intimate knowledge of the MPI internals presented in a hands-on fashion

–Optimizations to achieve the maximum performance possible in the hardware

–Deep understanding of the MPI advantages and drawbacks

Who Should Read This Book

This book is intended for MPI implementors (existing and hopeful), creators of alternative communication interfaces looking ...