The hybrid/heterogeneous nature of future microprocessors and large high-
performance computing systems will result in a reliance on two major types
of components: multicore/manycore central processing units and special
purpose hardware/massively parallel accelerators. While these technologies
have numerous benefits, they also pose substantial performance challenges
for developers, including scalability, software tuning, and programming
issues.

* Researchers at the Forefront Reveal Results from Their Own State-of-
the-Art Work
* Edited by some of the top researchers in the field and with contributions
from a variety of international experts, Scientific Computing with Multicore
and Accelerators focuses on the architectural design and implementation of
multicore and manycore processors and accelerators, including graphics
processing units (GPUs) and the Sony Toshiba IBM (STI) Cell Broadband
Engine (BE) currently used in the Sony PlayStation 3. The book explains
how numerical libraries, such as LAPACK, help solve computational science
problems; explores the emerging area of hardware-oriented numerics; and
presents the design of a fast Fourier transform (FFT) and a parallel list
ranking algorithm for the Cell BE. It covers stencil computations, auto-
tuning, optimizations of a computational kernel, sequence alignment and
homology, and pairwise computations.
* Explores the New Computational Landscape of Hybrid Processors
* By offering insight into the process of constructing and effectively using
the technology, this volume provides a thorough and practical introduction
to the area of hybrid computing. It discusses introductory concepts and
simple examples of parallel computing, logical and performance debugging for
parallel computing, and advanced topics and issues related to the use and
building of many applications.

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