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Performance Evaluation of a Multi-Zone Application in Different OpenMP Approaches

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We describe a performance study of a multi-zone application benchmark implemented in several OpenMP approaches that exploit multi-level parallelism and deal with unbalanced workload. The multi-zone application was derived from the well-known NAS Parallel Benchmarks (NPB) suite that involves flow solvers on collections of loosely coupled discretization meshes. Parallel versions of this application have been developed using the Subteam concept and Workqueuing model as extensions to the current OpenMP. We examine the performance impact of these extensions to OpenMP and compare with hybrid and nested OpenMP approaches on several large parallel systems.

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  1. NAS Division, NASA Ames Research Center, M/S 258-1, Moffett Field, CA, 94035-1000, USA

    Haoqiang Jin

  2. Department of Computer Science, University of Houston, Houston, TX, 77004, USA

    Barbara Chapman & Lei Huang

  3. Center for Computing and Communication, RWTH Aachen University, Aachen, Germany

    Dieter an Mey & Thomas Reichstein

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Jin, H., Chapman, B., Huang, L. et al. Performance Evaluation of a Multi-Zone Application in Different OpenMP Approaches. Int J Parallel Prog 36, 312–325 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10766-008-0074-5

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