HPPC_2008
High Performance Parallel Computation Bootcamp 2008

The High Performance Parallel Computation Bootcamp (HPPC-2008) was jointly sponsored by the University of Virginia and Virginia Tech, and held from 28 July to 02 August 2008. I gave two talks in this workshop, on parallel programming concepts, and on OpenMP.

PDF versions of the lectures are available by going to ../../presentations/presentations.html.

The following files constitute the LaTeX files used to create the slides:

• hppc_2008_lecture2.tex, lecture #2, "Parallel Programming Concepts".
• multimedia.sty, a LaTeX style file;
• vt_logo.pdf, a PDF image of a logo.

The following graphics files were used:

• dont_panic.png, some good advice from the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy.
• eniac_1946.png, a PNG image of the ENIAC computer, around 1946.
• factory_workers.png, a PNG image of factory workers.
• numa.png, a schematic diagram of a NUMA architecture (non-uniform memory access).
• quad_core.png, a PNG image of the Intel quad core processor chip.
• server_rack.png, a PNG image of a rack of servers that are part of a parallel computer.
• von_neumman_1955.png, a PNG image of the classic von Neumann schematic of a computer.