MXV_OPENMP
Matrix Vector Multiplication Timings with OpenMP


MXV_OPENMP is a C program which sets up several matrix vector multiplication problems y=A*x, and carries them out using

The calculations are carried out for a variety of matrix shapes and sizes, and the elapsed wall clock time is measured and reported. The results are up to the user to analyze and explain!

Usage:

In the BASH shell, the program could be run with 2 threads using the commands:

        export OMP_NUM_THREADS=2
        ./mxv_openmp
      

Licensing:

The computer code and data files described and made available on this web page are distributed under the GNU LGPL license.

Languages:

MXV_OPENMP is available in a C version and a C++ version and a FORTRAN90 version.

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Reference:

  1. Peter Arbenz, Wesley Petersen,
    Introduction to Parallel Computing - A practical guide with examples in C,
    Oxford University Press,
    ISBN: 0-19-851576-6,
    LC: QA76.58.P47.
  2. Rohit Chandra, Leonardo Dagum, Dave Kohr, Dror Maydan, Jeff McDonald, Ramesh Menon,
    Parallel Programming in OpenMP,
    Morgan Kaufmann, 2001,
    ISBN: 1-55860-671-8,
    LC: QA76.642.P32.
  3. Barbara Chapman, Gabriele Jost, Ruud vanderPas, David Kuck,
    Using OpenMP: Portable Shared Memory Parallel Processing,
    MIT Press, 2007,
    ISBN13: 978-0262533027,
    LC: QA76.642.C49.

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Last revised on 20 May 2010.