ICOM 5995
Performance Instrumentation and Visualization for High Performance Computer Systems
Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering
University of Puerto Rico – Mayaguez
Fall 2002

Homework 3

• Read Cluster Computing: The Wave of the Future? By Al Geist. Read information about cluster computing mainly. Do not emphasize PVM since we are not using it.
• Download the NAS Parallel Benchmarks from http://www.nas.nasa.gov/Software/NPB/ . The NAS Parallel Benchmarks (NPB) are a set of 8 programs designed to help evaluate the performance of parallel supercomputers. The benchmarks, which are derived from computational fluid dynamics (CFD) applications, consist of five kernels and three pseudo-applications.
• Activate your account in Amadeus. Use Kennie’s instructions.
• Test Kernel FT: A 3-D fast-Fourier transform partial differential equation benchmark
• Get results.