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What are some common examples of a Parallelizable problem? [closed]
I was just wondering if there were some "standard" examples that everyone uses as a basis for explaining the nature of parallel problems. What are some well-known problems out there that can see great ...
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When should I use parallelism? [closed]
After asking this question, I got to realize that parallelism may not always be good.
So far I can see that parallelism (under c#) is
A little complicated code-wise
Will probably insert some ...
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Does parallel mergesort run differently on mesh vs linear array of processors?
I'm currently taking course on introduction to algorithm and I came across the parallel mergesort algorithm.
My question is: Is there any differences in the algorithm plan if it runs on a 2d mesh ...
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Is an atomic action supposed to be deterministic?
I was reading about the at most once property that defines what an atomic action is and I've been curios about this example:
x = 0, y = 0
x = y + 1 || y = y + 1
If we use the 'at most once' ...
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Parallel computing using xcode
I'm making mandelbrot fractals in C using Xcode and I want to use parallel computing but everything I've tried so far doesn't work. Such as This Question and other how to guides. Whats the easiest way ...
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Why does my C++ (OpenMP) matrix operations code start incurring more cache misses running in parallel compared to Scala? [closed]
I have written code using C++ (OpenMP for parallelizing loops) which does lots of matrix operations. A single instance of the code runs very fast and completes in 0.2 seconds. For the same processing, ...
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Whats the best way to parallel my problem using Java API
I´m with trouble, because I want to make faster my code using threads, fork in join or any kind of parallel.
I did a code using fork in join but I saw my arraylist isn´t getting the correct values.
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