Point-to-Point Communication
Christopher Cameron, Brandon Barker, CAC Staff (original)
Cornell Center for Advanced Computing
Revisions: 5/2022, 1/2014, 2/2001 (original)
This topic explains the point-to-point communication pattern and the various communication modes available in MPI for point-to-point communication.
Objectives
After you complete this topic, you should be able to:
- Explain the point-to-point communication pattern
- Compare the four MPI communication modes
Prerequisites
- Familiarity with HPC paradigms and MPI Basics.
- Experience programming in a high-level language such as Fortran or C would be helpful, but the reader can still follow along to understand the concepts and methodologies.
- A basic familiarity with parallel programming concepts