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Build Supercomputers with Raspberry Pi 3

Build Supercomputers with Raspberry Pi 3

By : Carlos R. Morrison
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Build Supercomputers with Raspberry Pi 3

Build Supercomputers with Raspberry Pi 3

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By: Carlos R. Morrison
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Overview of this book

Author Carlos R. Morrison (Staff Scientist, NASA) will empower the uninitiated reader to quickly assemble and operate a Pi3 supercomputer in the shortest possible time. The lifeblood of a supercomputer, the MPI code, is introduced early, and sample MPI code provides additional practice opportunities for you to test the effectiveness of your creation. You will learn how to configure various nodes and switches so that they can effectively communicate with each other. By the end of this book, you will have successfully built a supercomputer and the various applications related to it.
Table of Contents (13 chapters)
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Preface
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Preface
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What this book covers
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Who this book is for
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Conventions
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1. Getting Started with Supercomputing
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1. Getting Started with Supercomputing
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Von Neumann architecture
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Flynn's classical taxonomy
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Historical perspective
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The need for greater processing speed
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Additional analytical perspective
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Sources for reference
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2. One Node Supercomputing
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2. One Node Supercomputing
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Linux installation
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PC processor
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Accessing processor technical details
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Write/run serial π code
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Message passing interface
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3. Preparing the Initial Two Nodes
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3. Preparing the Initial Two Nodes
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Listing of parts
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The Pi2/Pi3 computer
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Project overview
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Super stack assembly
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Preparing the master node
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Transferring the code
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Preparing the slave node
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4. Static IP Address and Hosts File Setup
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4. Static IP Address and Hosts File Setup
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Configuring static IP address of the master Pi
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Configuring a network switch static IP address
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Hosts file setup
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5. Creating a Common User for All Nodes
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5. Creating a Common User for All Nodes
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Adding a new user for all nodes
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ID key generation
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ID key transfer
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6. Creating a Mountable Drive on the Master Node
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6. Creating a Mountable Drive on the Master Node
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7. Configuring the Eight Nodes
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7. Configuring the Eight Nodes
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Automating mounting of drives
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Setting up the host file for all nodes
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Formatting the remaining slave SD cards
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Copying the slave1 SD card image to the main computer drive
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Copying the slave1 image to the remaining slave SD cards
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8. Testing the Super Cluster
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8. Testing the Super Cluster
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Wielding the -H command
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Pi2 supercomputing
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Pi3 supercomputing
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Creating bash files
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Using unrestrained MPI code logic
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9. Real-World Math Application
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9. Real-World Math Application
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MPI Taylor series sine(x) function
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MPI Taylor series cosine(x) function
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MPI Taylor series tan(x) function
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MPI Taylor series ln(x) function
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10. Real-World Physics Application
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10. Real-World Physics Application
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MPI concurrent wave equation and code
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11. Real-World Engineering Application
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11. Real-World Engineering Application
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MPI Fourier series sawtooth signal
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A. Appendix
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A. Appendix
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Project overview

For this project, you will perform the following steps:

  1. You will initially configure a Pi2 or Pi3 (one-node), four-core supercomputer.
  2. You will then command (using OpenMPI) all four cores to simultaneously solve the simple Project overview equations discussed previously.
  3. You will then proceed to assemble a two-node Pi2 or Pi3, 8-core supercomputer, which you will configure to operate in parallel with each other, and again, run said Project overview programs using all eight cores.
  4. Finally, you will construct an eight-node Pi2 or Pi3, 32- or 64-core supercomputer, which you will then command to rapidly crunch and smash through substantial equations (see equations in the Appendix ). Some of these equations require as few as two iterations, while others require hundreds or thousands, and millions of iterations to produce an excellent approximate Project overview value. You will, indeed, be delighted at observing the gradual reduction in processing time, as you successively bring online increasing numbers of cores...

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