X-Git-Url: https://bilbo.iut-bm.univ-fcomte.fr/and/gitweb/hpcc2014.git/blobdiff_plain/9db72b31bc5ae56df6c06f94f031aeb35876dd01..735506fabeefcd3368e94164beedd2045906801d:/hpcc.tex?ds=inline diff --git a/hpcc.tex b/hpcc.tex index 2e791d7..c97d2bb 100644 --- a/hpcc.tex +++ b/hpcc.tex @@ -71,13 +71,13 @@ iterations ($X_{n +1} = f(X_{n})$) from an initial value $X_{0}$ to find an approximate value $X^*$ of the solution with a very low residual error. Several well-known methods demonstrate the convergence of these algorithms. Generally, to reduce the complexity and the -execution time, the problem is divided into several "pieces" that will +execution time, the problem is divided into several \emph{pieces} that will be solved in parallel on multiple processing units. The latter will communicate each intermediate results before a new iteration starts until the approximate solution is reached. These distributed parallel -computations can be performed either in "synchronous" communication mode +computations can be performed either in \emph{synchronous} communication mode where a new iteration begin only when all nodes communications are -completed, either "asynchronous" mode where processors can continue +completed, either \emph{asynchronous} mode where processors can continue independently without or few synchronization points. Despite the effectiveness of iterative approach, a major drawback of the method is the requirement of huge resources in terms of computing capacity, @@ -224,7 +224,7 @@ A priori, obtaining a speedup less than 1 would be difficult in a local area network configuration where the synchronous mode will take advantage on the rapid exchange of information on such high-speed links. Thus, the methodology adopted was to launch the application on clustered network. In this last configuration, -degrading the inter-cluster network performance will "penalize" the synchronous +degrading the inter-cluster network performance will \emph{penalize} the synchronous mode allowing to get a speedup lower than 1. This action simulates the case of clusters linked with long distance network like Internet.