Granularity and Parallel Performance

Intel ISN

8 Apr 2010CPOL7 min read

21.4K

One key to attaining good parallel performance is choosing the right granularity for the application. The goal is to determine the right granularity (usually larger is better) for parallel tasks, while avoiding load imbalance and communication overhead to achieve the best performance.

This article is in the Product Showcase section for our sponsors at CodeProject. These articles are intended to provide you with information on products and services that we consider useful and of value to developers.

Alternatives

Members may post updates or alternatives to this current article in order to show different approaches or add new features.

No alternatives have been posted.

License

This article, along with any associated source code and files, is licensed under The Code Project Open License (CPOL)

Written By

Intel ISN

United States

This member has not yet provided a Biography. Assume it's interesting and varied, and probably something to do with programming.

Granularity and Parallel Performance

Alternatives

License

Comments and Discussions