Non-blocking Collective Communication
Christopher Cameron, Steve Lantz, Brandon Barker, CAC Staff (original)
Cornell Center for Advanced Computing
Revisions: 5/2022, 1/2014, 2001 (original)
This topic introduces the nonblocking variants of the MPI collective communication calls. Nonblocking collective communication is available in MPI-3 and later.
Objectives
After you complete this segment, you should be able to:
- Describe the differences between blocking and nonblocking calls
- Distinguish between MPI_Ibcast and MPI_Bcast
Prerequisites
- A basic knowledge of parallel programming and MPI. Information on these prerequisites can be found in other topics (Parallel Programming Concepts and High-Performance Computing, MPI Basics).
- Ability to program in a high-level language such as Fortran or C.
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CVW material development is supported by NSF OAC awards 1854828, 2321040, 2323116 (UT Austin) and 2005506 (Indiana University)
CVW material development is supported by NSF OAC awards 1854828, 2321040, 2323116 (UT Austin) and 2005506 (Indiana University)