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\begin{abbreviations}

\item[AIAC]  \textbf{A}synchronous \textbf{I}terations and \textbf{A}synchronous \textbf{C}ommunications
\item[BLP]   \textbf{B}it \textbf{L}evel \textbf{P}arallelism
\item[BT]    \textbf{B}lock \textbf{T}ridiagonal
\item[CG]    \textbf{C}onjugate \textbf{G}radient 
\item[CPU]   \textbf{C}entral \textbf{P}rocessing \textbf{U}nit
\item[CUDA]  \textbf{C}ompute \textbf{U}nified \textbf{D}evice \textbf{A}rchitecture 
\item[DLP]   \textbf{D}ata \textbf{L}evel \textbf{P}arallelism 
\item[DVFS]  \textbf{D}ynamic \textbf{V}oltage and \textbf{F}requency \textbf{S}caling
\item[EDP]   \textbf{E}nergy and \textbf{D}elay \textbf{P}roduct
\item[EP]    \textbf{E}mbarrassingly \textbf{P}arallel
\item[EPSA]  \textbf{E}nergy and \textbf{P}erformance \textbf{S}caling \textbf{A}lgorithm
\item[FLOPS] \textbf{Fl}oating-point \textbf{O}perations \textbf{P}er \textbf{S}econd
\item[FT]    Fast \textbf{F}ourier \textbf{T}ransform 
\item[GMRES] \textbf{G}eneral \textbf{M}inimum \textbf{Res}idual
\item[GPU]   \textbf{G}raphical \textbf{P}rocessing \textbf{U}nit
\item[HSA]   \textbf{H}eterogeneous \textbf{S}caling \textbf{A}lgorithm
\item[ILP]   \textbf{I}nstruction \textbf{L}evel \textbf{P}arallelism
\item[LAN]   \textbf{L}ocal \textbf{A}rea \textbf{N}etwork
\item[LLP]   \textbf{L}oop \textbf{L}evel \textbf{P}arallelism
\item[LU]     \textbf{L}ower-\textbf{U}pper 
\item[MaxDist] \textbf{Max}imum \textbf{Dist}ance
\item[MG]     \textbf{M}ulti-\textbf{G}rid
\item[MIMD]   \textbf{M}ultiple \textbf{I}nstruction and \textbf{M}ultiple \textbf{D}ata
\item[MISD]   \textbf{M}ultiple \textbf{I}nstruction and \textbf{S}ingle \textbf{D}ata
\item[MPI]    \textbf{M}essage \textbf{P}assing \textbf{I}nterface 
\item[MPICH]  \textbf{M}essage \textbf{P}assing \textbf{I}nterface  of \textbf{Ch}ameleon
\item[MS]     \textbf{M}ulti-\textbf{S}plitting 
\item[NAS]    \textbf{N}umerical \textbf{A}eronautical \textbf{S}imulation 
\item[NASA]   \textbf{N}ational \textbf{A}eronautics and \textbf{S}pace \textbf{A}dministrations 
\item[OPENCL] \textbf{Open} \textbf{C}omputing \textbf{L}anguage
\item[OPENMP] \textbf{Open} \textbf{M}ulti-\textbf{P}rocessing
\item[RENATER] \textbf{Ré}seau \textbf{Na}tional de \textbf{T}élécommunications pour la \textbf{T}echnologie, \newline\hspace*{3em}
 l'\textbf{E}nseignement et la \textbf{R}echerche
\item[SIAC]    \textbf{S}ynchronous \textbf{I}terations and \textbf{A}synchronous \textbf{C}ommunications 
\item[SIMD]    \textbf{S}ingle \textbf{I}nstruction and \textbf{M}ultiple \textbf{D}ata
\item[SISC]    \textbf{S}ynchronous \textbf{I}terations  and \textbf{S}ynchronous \textbf{C}ommunications
\item[SISD]    \textbf{S}ingle \textbf{I}nstruction and \textbf{S}ingle \textbf{D}ata
\item[SP]      \textbf{S}calar \textbf{P}entadiagonal
\item[TLP]     \textbf{T}hread \textbf{L}evel \textbf{P}arallelism 
\item[WAN]     \textbf{W}ide \textbf{A}rea \textbf{N}etwork

\end{abbreviations}

   
