Performance Study of LU Factorization with Low Communication Overhead on Multiprocessors

In this paper, we make efficient use of asynchronous communications on the LU decomposition algorithm with pivoting and a column-scattered data decomposition to derive precise computational complexities. We then compare these results with experiments on the Intel iPSC/860 and Paragon machines and show that very good performances can be obtained on a ring with asynchronous communications.

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