Parallelism in Computation

Observing the Scaling of Area-Under-Curve part 2

  • You should have three new files in your directory:
    • output.txt
    • noname-0.o...
    • noname-0.e...
  • Run vim noname-0.o*
  • Look through the file until you find " TIME: ..."
  • Give the number of processors you selected and your runtime to your local leader
  • Local leaders, once you have collected all your runtimes and process counts, send them to the global leader
  • While the global leader assembles the data, try and guess what the graph will look like.
    • HINT: It's a common graph that has a mathematical name
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