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Scientific Programming And Computer Architecture

Scientific Programming And Computer Architecture

Scientific Programming And Computer Architecture
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Scientific Programming And Computer Architecture Hardback - 2017

by Divakar Viswanath

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  • Title Scientific Programming And Computer Architecture
  • Author Divakar Viswanath
  • Binding Hardback
  • Edition Hardback
  • Condition New
  • Pages 624
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher The MIT Press Bookstore
  • Publication date 2017-07
  • Illustrated Yes
  • Features Bibliography, Illustrated, Index
  • Bookseller's Inventory # 6375758612
  • ISBN 9780262036290 / 0262036290
  • Weight 2.6 lbs (1.18 kg)
  • Dimensions 9.1 x 8.2 x 1.1 in (23.11 x 20.83 x 2.79 cm)
  • Age range 18 to UP years
  • Grade levels 13 - UP
  • Category Computers - Languages / Programming
  • Library of Congress subjects Computer architecture, Software engineering
  • Library of Congress Catalogue Number 2016043792
  • Dewey Decimal Code 005.1
  • Quantity available 4

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A 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.

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