NDLI: The role of MPI in development time: A case study

Content Provider	IEEE Xplore Digital Library
Author	Hochstein, L. Shull, F. Reid, L.B.
Copyright Year	2008
Description	Author affiliation: Inf. Sci. Inst., USC, Los Angeles, CA, USA (Hochstein, L.)
Abstract	There is widespread belief in the computer science community that MPI is a difficult and time-intensive approach to developing parallel software. Nevertheless, MPI remains the dominant programming model for HPC systems, and many projects have made effective use of it. It remains unknown how much impact the use of MPI truly has on the productivity of computational scientists. In this paper, we examine a mature, ongoing HPC project, the Flash Center at the University of Chicago, to understand how MPI is used and to estimate the time that programmers spend on MPI-related issues during development. Our analysis is based on an examination of the source code, version control history, and regression testing history of the software. Based on our study, we estimate that about 20% of the development effort is related to MPI. This implies a maximum productivity improvement of 25% for switching to an alternate parallel programming model.
Starting Page	1
Ending Page	10
File Size	1429233
Page Count	10
File Format	PDF
ISBN	9781424428342
DOI	10.1109/SC.2008.5213771
Language	English
Publisher	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE)
Publisher Date	2008-11-15
Publisher Place	USA
Access Restriction	Subscribed
Rights Holder	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE)
Subject Keyword	Productivity Parallel programming Programming profession History Costs Large-scale systems Computer science Software testing Debugging Explosives case study MPI debugging effort productivity
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article

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