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Introduction to High Performance Computing
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- The __syllabus__ and some lecture notes.
- You should be familiar with some of the most basics of UNIX.  In particular
  on working with the terminal.  Here some links to a simple tutorial:
    - __Tutorial 1__: Listing files and directories. Making and changing
      directories.
    - __Tutorial 2__: Copying, moving and deleting files. Displaying the
      contents of a file on the screen
    - __Tutorial 3__: Redirecting output and using pipelines.
- If you are not familiar with VIM then use this course as a chance to change
  this. __Learn VIM__
- For the computer lab sessions we provide some minimalistic __supplementary
  material__.
- Computer Lab Sessions:

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  | __Session 1__  |  Von Neumann Architecture (VNA)                     |
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  | __Session 2__  |  VNA: Integer Arithmetic                            |
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  | __Session 3__  |  VNA: Conditional Jumps                             |
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  | __Session 4__  |  VNA: Control Structures                            |
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  |   Session 5    |  Holiday                                            |
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  | __Session 6__  |  Introduction to C (C11)                            |
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  | __Session 7__  |  C11: Function Calls                                |
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  | __Session 8__  |  C11: Arrays, Memory Allocation                     |
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  | __Session 9__  |  - VNA/C11: More on function calls                  |
  |                |  - C11: Representing vectors and matrices           |
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  | __Session 10__ |  - Some BLAS Level 1 functions                      |
  |                |  - Concept of a benchmark                           |
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  | __Session 11__ |  CPU Caches: Optimized matrix vector product        |
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  | __Session 12__ |  Application: Unblocked LU factorization            |
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  | __Session 13__ |  - Triangular Matrix Vector Solvers (TRSV)          |
  |                |  - Applying a pivot vector (LASWP)                  |
  |                |  - Solving a system of linear equations             |
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  | __Session 14__ |  Unblocked LU factorization based on GEMV and TRSV  |
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  | __Session 15__ |  - General Matrix-Matrix Product (GEMM): Simple     |
  |                |    Cache Optimization.                              |
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  | __Session 16__ |  GEMM: Advanced Cache Optimization (Part I)         |
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  | __Session 17__ |  GEMM: Advanced Cache Optimization (Part II)        |
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  | __Session 18__ |  GEMM: Optimized Micro Kernel (Part I)              |
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  |   Session 19   |  GEMM: Optimized Micro Kernel (Part II)             |
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  |   Session 20   |  Building libraries (ulmBLAS)                       |
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  |   Session 21   |  ulmBLAS: Providing a Fortran interface             |
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  |   Session 23   |  Final Benchmarks and Outlook                       |
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:links: syllabus -> http://www.mathematik.uni-ulm.de/numerik/hpc/ss18/HPC0.pdf
        Tutorial 1 -> http://www.ee.surrey.ac.uk/Teaching/Unix/unix1.html
        Tutorial 2 -> http://www.ee.surrey.ac.uk/Teaching/Unix/unix2.html
        Tutorial 3 -> http://www.ee.surrey.ac.uk/Teaching/Unix/unix3.html
        Learn VIM  -> http://www.openvim.com
        supplementary material -> doc:supp
        Session (\d)   -> doc:session0$1/page01
        Session (\d\d) -> doc:session$1/page01