1997 International Symposium on Parallel Architectures, Algorithms and Networks (ISPAN '97)
On Deciding Granularity for Optimal Speedup for Solving Data Parallel Problems with Clustered Distributed Computing
Taipei, Taiwan
December 18-December 20
ISBN: 0-8186-8259-0
In this paper we show how to obtain optimal speedup in a master-slave model for solving data-parallel problems. Given the number of homogeneous workstations, their computation time for solving a basic sub-task of the problem, network transmission bandwidth and data volume per basic sub-task, the per-distribution number of basic sub-tasks sent to a slave for attaining the optimal speedup can be decided. The effectiveness of the proposed theory has been tested using a parallel computing experiment involving the Hough transformation.
Index Terms:
granularity, clustered computing, distributed computing, network computing, data parallelism
Citation:
Jung-Sing Jwo, Yu Chin Cheng, Chin-Yun Hsieh, "On Deciding Granularity for Optimal Speedup for Solving Data Parallel Problems with Clustered Distributed Computing," ispan, pp.144, 1997 International Symposium on Parallel Architectures, Algorithms and Networks (ISPAN '97), 1997