Memory Warp
Memory Warp

Author: Mark Pendergrast

Publisher: Square One Publishers, Inc.

Published: 2021-10-22

Total Pages: 721

ISBN-13: 0942679423

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In Memory Warp, Mark Pendergrast sounds a clarion call to stop the ongoing pseudoscience of “repressed memory therapy,” which has destroyed millions of families and continues to do so. In the 1990s, Pendergrast’s book Victims of Memory helped to debunk the repressed memory craze. Now, more than two decades later, he revisits the subject and proves that this form of “therapy” is still widespread, still destroying family relationships and causing false allegations of terrible crimes against innocent parents and caregivers. With meticulous research and captivating writing, Pendergrast brings coverage of this issue up to date.

Performance Analysis and Tuning for General Purpose Graphics Processing Units (GPGPU)
Performance Analysis and Tuning for General Purpose Graphics Processing Units (GPGPU)

Author: Hyesoon Kim

Publisher: Springer Nature

Published: 2022-05-31

Total Pages: 88

ISBN-13: 3031017374

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General-purpose graphics processing units (GPGPU) have emerged as an important class of shared memory parallel processing architectures, with widespread deployment in every computer class from high-end supercomputers to embedded mobile platforms. Relative to more traditional multicore systems of today, GPGPUs have distinctly higher degrees of hardware multithreading (hundreds of hardware thread contexts vs. tens), a return to wide vector units (several tens vs. 1-10), memory architectures that deliver higher peak memory bandwidth (hundreds of gigabytes per second vs. tens), and smaller caches/scratchpad memories (less than 1 megabyte vs. 1-10 megabytes). In this book, we provide a high-level overview of current GPGPU architectures and programming models. We review the principles that are used in previous shared memory parallel platforms, focusing on recent results in both the theory and practice of parallel algorithms, and suggest a connection to GPGPU platforms. We aim to provide hints to architects about understanding algorithm aspect to GPGPU. We also provide detailed performance analysis and guide optimizations from high-level algorithms to low-level instruction level optimizations. As a case study, we use n-body particle simulations known as the fast multipole method (FMM) as an example. We also briefly survey the state-of-the-art in GPU performance analysis tools and techniques. Table of Contents: GPU Design, Programming, and Trends / Performance Principles / From Principles to Practice: Analysis and Tuning / Using Detailed Performance Analysis to Guide Optimization

Computer Architecture
Computer Architecture

Author: John L. Hennessy

Publisher: Elsevier

Published: 2012

Total Pages: 858

ISBN-13: 012383872X

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The computing world is in the middle of a revolution: mobile clients and cloud computing have emerged as the dominant paradigms driving programming and hardware innovation. This book focuses on the shift, exploring the ways in which software and technology in the 'cloud' are accessed by cell phones, tablets, laptops, and more

An Introduction to Parallel Programming
An Introduction to Parallel Programming

Author: Peter Pacheco

Publisher: Morgan Kaufmann

Published: 2021-08-27

Total Pages: 498

ISBN-13: 012804618X

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An Introduction to Parallel Programming, Second Edition presents a tried-and-true tutorial approach that shows students how to develop effective parallel programs with MPI, Pthreads and OpenMP.As the first undergraduate text to directly address compiling and running parallel programs on multi-core and cluster architecture, this second edition carries forward its clear explanations for designing, debugging and evaluating the performance of distributed and shared-memory programs while adding coverage of accelerators via new content on GPU programming and heterogeneous programming. New and improved user-friendly exercises teach students how to compile, run and modify example programs. - Takes a tutorial approach, starting with small programming examples and building progressively to more challenging examples - Explains how to develop parallel programs using MPI, Pthreads and OpenMP programming models - A robust package of online ancillaries for instructors and students includes lecture slides, solutions manual, downloadable source code, and an image bank New to this edition: - New chapters on GPU programming and heterogeneous programming - New examples and exercises related to parallel algorithms

CUDA Programming
CUDA Programming

Author: Shane Cook

Publisher: Newnes

Published: 2012-12-28

Total Pages: 591

ISBN-13: 0124159885

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If you need to learn CUDA but don't have experience with parallel computing, CUDA Programming: A Developer's Introduction offers a detailed guide to CUDA with a grounding in parallel fundamentals. It starts by introducing CUDA and bringing you up to speed on GPU parallelism and hardware, then delving into CUDA installation. Chapters on core concepts including threads, blocks, grids, and memory focus on both parallel and CUDA-specific issues. Later, the book demonstrates CUDA in practice for optimizing applications, adjusting to new hardware, and solving common problems. - Comprehensive introduction to parallel programming with CUDA, for readers new to both - Detailed instructions help readers optimize the CUDA software development kit - Practical techniques illustrate working with memory, threads, algorithms, resources, and more - Covers CUDA on multiple hardware platforms: Mac, Linux and Windows with several NVIDIA chipsets - Each chapter includes exercises to test reader knowledge

Time Warped
Time Warped

Author: Claudia Hammond

Publisher: House of Anansi

Published: 2012-08-15

Total Pages: 257

ISBN-13: 1770892133

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We are obsessed with time. However hard we might try, it is almost impossible to spend even one day without the marker of a clock. But how much do we understand about time, and is it possible to retrain our brains and improve our relationship with it? Drawing on the latest research from the fields of psychology, neuroscience, and biology, and using original research on the way memory shapes our understanding of time, acclaimed writer and broadcaster Claudia Hammond delves into the mysteries of time perception. Along the way, she introduces us to an extraordinary array of colourful characters willing to go to great lengths in the interests of research, such as the French speleologist Michel, who spends two months in an ice cave in complete darkness. Time Warped shows us how to manage our time more efficiently, speed time up and slow it down at will, plan for the future with more accuracy, and, ultimately, use the warping of time to our own advantage.

Future Information Technology
Future Information Technology

Author: James J. (Jong Hyuk) Park

Publisher: Springer

Published: 2011-06-28

Total Pages: 447

ISBN-13: 3642223095

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This two-volume-set constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 6th International Conference on Future Information Technology, FutureTech 2011, held in Crete, Greece, in June 2011. The 123 revised full papers presented in both volumes were carefully reviewed and selected from numerous submissions. The papers are organized in topical sections on future information technology, IT service and cloud computing; social computing, network, and services; forensics for future generation communication environments; intelligent transportation systems and applications; multimedia and semantic technologies; information science and technology.

InfoWorld
InfoWorld

Author:

Publisher:

Published: 1982-06-28

Total Pages: 100

ISBN-13:

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InfoWorld is targeted to Senior IT professionals. Content is segmented into Channels and Topic Centers. InfoWorld also celebrates people, companies, and projects.

InfoWorld
InfoWorld

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Publisher:

Published: 1982-06-14

Total Pages: 116

ISBN-13:

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InfoWorld is targeted to Senior IT professionals. Content is segmented into Channels and Topic Centers. InfoWorld also celebrates people, companies, and projects.

Advances in Modeling and Simulation
Advances in Modeling and Simulation

Author: Andreas Tolk

Publisher: Springer

Published: 2017-08-27

Total Pages: 359

ISBN-13: 3319641824

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​This broad-ranging text/reference presents a fascinating review of the state of the art of modeling and simulation, highlighting both the seminal work of preeminent authorities and exciting developments from promising young researchers in the field. Celebrating the 50th anniversary of the Winter Simulation Conference (WSC), the premier international forum for disseminating recent advances in the field of system simulation, the book showcases the historical importance of this influential conference while also looking forward to a bright future for the simulation community. Topics and features: examines the challenge of constructing valid and efficient models, emphasizing the benefits of the process of simulation modeling; discusses model calibration, input model risk, and approaches to validating emergent behaviors in large-scale complex systems with non-linear interactions; reviews the evolution of simulation languages, and the history of the Time Warp algorithm; offers a focus on the design and analysis of simulation experiments under various goals, and describes how data can be “farmed” to support decision making; provides a comprehensive overview of Bayesian belief models for simulation-based decision making, and introduces a model for ranking and selection in cloud computing; highlights how input model uncertainty impacts simulation optimization, and proposes an approach to quantify and control the impact of input model risk; surveys the applications of simulation in semiconductor manufacturing, in social and behavioral modeling, and in military planning and training; presents data analysis on the publications from the Winter Simulation Conference, offering a big-data perspective on the significant impact of the conference. This informative and inspiring volume will appeal to all academics and professionals interested in computational and mathematical modeling and simulation, as well as to graduate students on the path to form the next generation of WSC pioneers.