MPI

Section numbers refer to the Message Passing Interface Standard (MPI) Standard Version 3.1:

Beginner's content:

• MPI Overview
• MPI Process Model (8.7-8)
• Point-to-Point Communication (3.1-6, 8.6)
• Non-Blocking Communication (3.7+10)
• Collective Communication (5.1-11+13)
• Error Handling (8.3-5)

Intermediate content:

• Groups and communicators, Environment Management, MPI_Comm_split, intra- & inter-communicators (6.1-5)
• Virtual Topologies (7.1-5, 3.11)
• One-sided Communication (11, 8.2)
• Derived Datatypes (4.1.1-5+9)
• Parallel File I/O (basics) (13)
• Parallel File I/O (fileviews) (13.3)
• Parallel File I/O (access methods) (13)
• Best Practice

Advanced content:

• The new Fortran module mpi_f08 (17.1)
• Collective Communication, advanced topics, Nonblocking Collectives (5.12), MPI_IN_PLACE (5.2.1)
• Re-numbering on a cluster, Collective communication on inter-communicators (6.6), Info object (9), Attribute caching & naming (6.7-8), Implementation information (8.1)
• Neighborhood Communication (7.6-7) and MPI_BOTTOM (4.1.5)
• Shared Memory One-sided Communication (11.2.3)
• Shared Memory synchronization rules (11.4-5)
• Derived Datatypes and Resizing (4.1.7-12, 4.2-3)
• MPI and Threads (12.4)
• Probe, Cancel, Persistent Requests (3.8-9)
• Process Creation and Management (10)
• Other MPI Features (1-2, 12.1-3, 14-16, 2.6.1, 17.2, 8)
• MPI Parameter Tuning