Contents

• Overview and Motivation
• Design of ScaLAPACK
  • Portability, Scalability and Standards
  • ScaLAPACK Software Components
  • Processes versus Processors
  • Local Components
  • Block Cyclic Data Distribution
  • PBLAS
  • LAPACK/ScaLAPACK code comparison
• ScaLAPACK - Content
  • Linear Equations
  • Band Decomposition
  • Orthogonal Factorizations and Linear Least Squares Problems
  • Generalized Orthogonal Factorizations and Linear Least Squares Problems
  • Symmetric Eigenproblems
  • Nonsymmetric Eigenproblem and Schur Factorization
  • Singular Value Decomposition
  • Generalized Symmetric Definite Eigenproblems
• Heterogeneous Networks
• Performance
  • Choice of Block Size
  • Choice of Grid Size
• Future Directions
• Conclusions
• References
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