Intel Xeon Phi Processor High Performance Programming, 2nd Edition

Foreword

In their first Intel® Xeon Phi™ Coprocessor High-Performance Programming book, Jeffers and Reinders utilize a sports car analogy to introduce high performance computing. I like this analogy because I see many parallels between the automotive and computing worlds. There are drivers who see vehicles solely as appliances that get them from point A to point B. Perhaps these are people who look forward to self-driving cars. Similarly, there are computer users that are not concerned with performance—they are willing to wait however long is needed for their applications to complete. But if you are reading this book, you are likely very interested in computer performance. For you, a sports car analogy is appropriate for how you drive your ...