Programming Parallel Computers

Open 2024c

CP3a: fast solution with doubles ★★

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What you will need to do in this task

Please read the general instructions for this exercise first. Here are the additional instructions specific to this task:

Using all resources that you have in the CPU, solve the task as fast as possible. You are encouraged to exploit instruction-level parallelism, multithreading, and vector instructions whenever possible, and also to optimize the memory access pattern. Please do all arithmetic with double-precision floating point numbers.

What I will try to do with your code

I will first run all kinds of tests to see that your code works correctly. You can try it out locally by running ./grading test, but please note that your code has to compile and work correctly not only on your own computer but also on our machines.

If all is fine, I will run the benchmarks. You can try it out on your own computer by running ./grading benchmark, but of course the precise running time on your own computer might be different from the performance on our grading hardware.

Benchmarks

Name Parameters
benchmarks/1 nx = 1000, ny = 1000
the input contains 1000 × 1000 pixels, and the output should contain 1000 × 1000 pixels
benchmarks/2a nx = 1000, ny = 4000
the input contains 4000 × 1000 pixels, and the output should contain 4000 × 4000 pixels
benchmarks/2b nx = 1000, ny = 4000
the input contains 4000 × 1000 pixels, and the output should contain 4000 × 4000 pixels
benchmarks/2c nx = 999, ny = 3999
the input contains 3999 × 999 pixels, and the output should contain 3999 × 3999 pixels
benchmarks/2d nx = 1001, ny = 4001
the input contains 4001 × 1001 pixels, and the output should contain 4001 × 4001 pixels
benchmarks/3 nx = 6000, ny = 6000
the input contains 6000 × 6000 pixels, and the output should contain 6000 × 6000 pixels
benchmarks/4 nx = 9000, ny = 9000
the input contains 9000 × 9000 pixels, and the output should contain 9000 × 9000 pixels

Grading

In this task your submission will be graded using benchmarks/4: the input contains 9000 × 9000 pixels, and the output should contain 9000 × 9000 pixels.

The point thresholds are as follows. If you submit your solution no later than on Wednesday, 23 October 2024, at 23:59:59 (Helsinki), your score will be:

Running timePoints
≤ 15.000 sec 1
≤ 9.000 sec 2
≤ 6.000 sec 3
≤ 4.500 sec 4
≤ 3.000 sec 5

If you submit your solution after the deadline, but before the course ends on Wednesday, 04 December 2024, at 23:59:59 (Helsinki), your score will be:

Running timePoints
≤ 8.000 sec 1
≤ 5.000 sec 2
≤ 3.000 sec 3

Contest

Your submissions to this task will also automatically take part in the contest, and you can receive up to 2 additional points if your code is among the fastest solutions this year!

Running timeExtra points
≤ 1.20 × fastest 1
≤ 1.05 × fastest 2