Thanks,
Richard.
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-<h1>POOMA 2.3 parallel model</h1>
+<h1>POOMA post-2.4 parallel model</h1>
<p>CONTEXT: In discussing the parallelism models that
POOMA supports, the word `context' has a particular
@@ -40,6 +40,15 @@
The 2.4 release should address these issues and permit
a parallel model with multithreaded contexts that communicate
with each other through messages.
+
+<p>After POOMA 2.4 two new models of parallelism are supported. Namely
+use of OpenMP thread level parallelization, if supported by the compiler,
+and the use of an available MPI library such as MPICH or a vendor provided
+implementation. Both models, MPI and OpenMP, may be combined simultaneously
+if the MPI implementation supports this kind of operation. This is especially
+useful for clusters of SMP workstations. Those new modes of operation can
+be specified by the --mpi and --openmp configure switches.
+
<h3>CHEETAH overview:</h2>