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Shared memory job (OpenMP)


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  • In shared-memory parallel computing, multiple processors (or "threads") perform tasks independently but share a common global memory. If a processor modified an array in the memory, all other processors can see this update as well
  • A serial code can be parallelized by marking code sections, which should be run in parallel, with openMP directives.
  • An openMP code can run on a single compute node and use up to maximum number of processors in that compute node, e.g., 24, 36, or 128 processors.
  • To run an openMP code, define number of processors(threads) in $OMP_NUM_THREADS
$ export OMP_NUM_THREADS=8
$ bsub -n 8 ./program


Distributed memory job (MPI)


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  • In distributed-memory parallel computing, multiple processors (or "cores") perform tasks independently while each processor possesses its own private memory resource. If a processor modify an array in its memory, this processor has to communicate to other processors so that the others see this update.
  • Massage Passing Interface (MPI) library implements distributed memory parallel computing which can be programmed in C, C++ and Fortran
  • An MPI program can run on a single compute node as well as on multiple compute nodes
  • An MPI program must be launched using "mpirun"
$ module load gcc/6.3.0 openmpi/4.0.2
$ bsub -n 240 mpirun ./program


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