The Design of a Standard Message-Passing Interface for
Distributed Memory Concurrent Computers
- D. W. Walker
- Mathematical Sciences Section
- Oak Ridge National Laboratory
- P. O. Box 2008
- Oak Ridge, TN 37831-6367
- U. S. A.
Abstract
This paper presents an overview of MPI, a proposed standard message passing
interface for MIMD distributed memory concurrent computers. The design of
MPI has been a collective effort involving researchers in the United States
and Europe from many organizations and institutions. MPI includes
point-to-point and collective communication routines, as well as support for
process groups, communication contexts, and application topologies. While
making use of new ideas where
appropriate, the MPI standard is based largely on current practice.
D. W. Walker,
The Design of a Standard Message-Passing Interface for
Distributed Memory Concurrent Computers,
Parallel Computing, Vol. 20, No. 4, pages 657-673, April 1994.