MPI on NT: A Preliminary Evaluation of the Available Environments

The aim of this paper is to discuss the functionality and performance of the current generation of MPI environments available for NT. The three environments investigated are WinMPICH[1] from the Engineering Research Center at Mississippi State University, WMPI[2] from the Instituto Supererior de Engenharia de Coimbra, Portugal and FM-MPI[3] from the Dept. of Computer Science at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.