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What type of computer is a good candidate for a program parallelized with OpenMP? |
Multi-core Processors which utilize a shared memory architecture. |
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What is fork-join parallelism, and what if any, overhead is there in the forking and joining? |
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What does incremental parallelization refer to? |
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What is a pragma in general? |
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Describe the difference between the address of a shared variable versus a private variable. |
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What is grain size? |
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Suppose you have a doubly nested for loop, why would you want to parallelize the outermost for loop instead of the inner most? What scenarious happen where you can't? |
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What is the purpose and function of first-private and last-private? |
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What is the purpose of a critical section, and how does this relate to mutual exclusion? |
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What is a race condition and be able to explain what is going on in Figure 17.5. |
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