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Intel manufactures distributed memory, message passing, parallel supercomputers. This paper discusses the performance of various linear algebra algorithms on such computers.
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Scott, D.S. (1993). The Performance of Linear Algebra Algorithms on Intel Parallel Supercomputers. In: Özgüner, F., Erçal, F. (eds) Parallel Computing on Distributed Memory Multiprocessors. NATO ASI Series, vol 103. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-58066-6_7
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