Document Type
Report
Date
1995
Keywords
High Performance Fortran, software engineering, High Performance computing systems, regular mesh problems
Language
English
Disciplines
Computer Sciences | Programming Languages and Compilers | Software Engineering
Description/Abstract
We discuss the High Performance Fortran data parallel programming language as an aid to software engineering and as a tool for exploiting High Performance Computing systems for computational uid dynamics applications. 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. In particular we use an implicit method such as the ADI algorithm to illustrate the major issues. We focus on regular mesh problems, since these can be efficiently represented by the existing HPF definition, but also discuss issues arising from the use of irregular meshes that are influencing 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/ along with other educational and discussion material related to applications in HPF.
Recommended Citation
Hawick, Ken and Fox, Geoffrey C., "Exploiting High Performance Fortran for Computational Fluid Dynamics, volume 919" (1995). Northeast Parallel Architecture Center. 50.
https://surface.syr.edu/npac/50
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Additional Information
Technical Report SCCS-661