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12. References and further reading

• 12.1 Online Documentation and Resources
• 12.2 MPI programming
• 12.3 OpenMP programming
• 12.4 Parallel programming
• 12.5 Programming languages
• 12.6 Programming skills

You should read the HECToR Optimisation Guide next as it contains a lot of useful, more advanced information on using the HECToR service.

12.1 Online Documentation and Resources

• Details of the HECToR Service hardware: http://www.hector.ac.uk/service/hardware/
• The HECToR Service backup policy: http://www.hector.ac.uk/about-us/policies/backup/
• The HECToR CSE Good Practice Guides: http://www.hector.ac.uk/cse/documentation/
• HECTOR Training Courses (provided by the NAG CSE team): http://www.hector.ac.uk/cse/training/
• Cray online documentation: http://docs.cray.com
• The PGI Users Guide: http://www.pgroup.com/doc/pgiug.pdf
• PGI compilation tips for common scientific and engineering applications, libraries, and benchmarks: http://www.pgroup.com/resources/tips.htm
• The Pathscale Users Guide: http://www.pathscale.com/docs/UserGuide.pdf
• A Pathscale guide to building code: http://www.pathscale.com/documentation
• The Pathscale assign utility: http://www.pathscale.com/docs/assign.pdf
• GNU compiler online documentation: http://gcc.gnu.org/onlinedocs/
• MPI Home pages: http://www-unix.mcs.anl.gov/mpi/
• Free MPI implementation useful for testing: http://www.open-mpi.org/software/ompi/v1.2/
• Various HPC Workshops by NCCS: http://www.nccs.gov/user-support/training-education/workshop-archives/
• An HPC tutorial: http://www.llnl.gov/computing/hpc/training/
• An MPI tutorial: http://www-unix.mcs.anl.gov/mpi/tutorial/gropp/talk.html
• HPC tutorials by NCSA http://www.citutor.org/login.php

12.2 MPI programming

• MPI: The Complete Reference. Snir, Otto, Huss-Lederman, Walker and Dongarra. MIT Press. ISBN 0 262 69184 1
• MPI: The Complete Reference, volume 2. Gropp et al. MIT Press. ISBN 0262571234
• Using MPI. Gropp, Lusk, Skjellum. MIT Press. ISBN 0 262 57104 8

12.3 OpenMP programming

• Parallel Programming in OpenMP. Chandra, Kohr, Menon, Dagum, Maydan, McDonald. Morgan Kaufmann. ISBN: 1558606718

12.4 Parallel programming

• Practical Parallel Programming. Gregory V. Wilson. MIT Press. ISBN 0 262 23186 7
• Designing and Building Parallel Programs. Ian Foster. Addison-Wesley. ISBN 0 201 57594 9 http://www.mcs.anl.gov/dbpp/
• Parallel Computing Works! Roy D. Williams, Paul C. Messina (Editor), Geoffrey Fox (Editor), Mark Fox Morgan Kaufmann Publishers; ISBN: 1558602534
• Parallel programming with MPI. Peter S. Pancheco. The complete set of C and Fortran example programs for this book are available at: http://www.cs.usfca.edu/mpi

12.5 Programming languages

• Fortran90/95 Explained. Metcalf and Reid. Oxford Science Publications. ISBN 0 19 851888 9
• Fortran 90 Programming. Ellis, Philips, Lahey. Addison-Wesley. ISBN 0-201-54446-6
• Programmers Guide to Fortran90. Brainerd, Goldberg, Adams. Unicomp. ISBN 0-07-000248-7
• The High Performance Fortran Handbook. Koelbel, Loveman, Schreiber, Steele, Zosel. ISBN 0-262-11185-3 / 0-262-61094-9
• Parallel Programming using C++. G.V.Wilson and P Lu. MIT Press. ISBN 0 262 73118 5

12.6 Programming skills

• Debugging and Performance Tuning for Parallel Computing Systems, Simmons et al.
• Foundations of Parallel Programming, A Machine-independent Approach, Lewis.

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