Parallel Computing Toolkit For Mathematica brings parallel computation to anyone having access to more than one computer

Parallel Computing Toolkit For Mathematica

Unleash the Power of Parallel Computing

Parallel Computing Toolkit brings parallel computation to anyone having access to more than one computer on a network or anyone working on multiprocessor machines.

Parallel Computing Toolkit implements many parallel programming primitives and includes high-level commands for parallel execution of operations such as animation, plotting, and matrix manipulation. Also supported are many popular new programming approaches such as parallel Monte Carlo simulation, visualization, searching, and optimization. The implementations for all high-level commands in Parallel Computing Toolkit are provided in Mathematica. source form, so they can serve as templates for building additional parallel programs.

Parallel Computing Toolkit Features

Distributed memory
Master/Slave parallelism
Machine-independent implementation
Source code for all high-level commands
Interkernel communications using MathLink
Support for multiprocessor machines, heterogeneous networks, LAN, and WAN
Support for scheduling of virtual processes or explicit distribution to available processors
Support for virtual shared memory
Support for synchronization, locking, and latency hiding
Support for process queues and concurrency
Support for parallel functional programming
Support for failure recovery and automatic reassignment of stranded processes

Licensing Information On a network, Parallel Computing Toolkit needs a licensed Mathematica kernel for each process. On non-networked multiprocessor Macintosh and Windows computers, the Mathematica license agreement allows users of a single-machine license to run multiple kernels. Only one copy of Parallel Computing Toolkit is needed on the network or computer.

Parallel Computing Toolkit is available for all platforms that run Mathematica. 3 or 4. These include Windows 95/98/Me/NT/2000 (PC), Mac OS (Power Macintosh), Linux (PC, Alpha, PowerPC), Solaris, HP-UX, IRIX, AIX, Digital Unix/Compaq Tru64 Unix, and compatible systems. Creating active connections requires Mathematica 4 for Windows 95/98/Me/NT/2000 or Mathematica 3 or 4 for Unix/Linux on the master computer