Chapter 5: Tuning the Performance of a Parallel Integral Equation Solver

This chapter contains sections titled:

• Summary

• Anatomy of a Parallel Out-of-Core Integral Equation Solver

• Block Size

• Shape of the Process Grid

• Size of the In-Core Buffer Allocated to Each Process

• Relationship between Shape of the Process Grid and In-Core Buffer Size

• Overall Performance of a Parallel Out-of-Core Solver on HPC Clusters

• Conclusion