EDP 2008 Parallel Computing Bingo

7 Compare with parallel implementation rather than best serial 11 Show Pretty Pictures 21 We'll demonstrate that it works next year 14 We've never had parallel systems before 15 Programmers are lazy
20 Our ideas are so revolutionary, we can't even simulate them 3 Scale up the problem size 12 AI 0 Quote 32-bit as 64 2 Compare assembly to Fortran or C
18 This new architecture will fix everything 8 Quote processor utilization FREE 9 Mutilate the algorithm to match the architecture 24 We don't have any other choice
23 Everyone will encode video 24 hours a day 16 The previous generation didn't know about Moore's Law 22 All computing tasks are just like ray tracing 6 Compare with old, obsolete system 5 Compare to scalar unoptimized Cray
1 Inner kernel, not the system 19 This new programming language will fix everything 17 Transistors are free 4 Project linearly 13 Universities don't teach parallel programming
With the end of clock rate scaling, there's been a mad dash towards multi-core architectures. While not widely known, there has in fact been prior attempts to use parallel computing. Things have not necessarily gone well. To make the impending disaster more entertaining, we can play Parallel Computing Bingo while listening to technical talks and keynotes; this is a game similar to WWDC Bingo. On the bingo card are twelve classic observations from a 1991 paper by David Blyler, highlighting ways in which the performance of parallel computers were completely misrepresented. Many of these are alive and well, and appear on a regular basis. The second set of twelve are the result of a highly scientific study performed at the 2008 IEEE DATC Electronic Design Processes workshop. Together, with a center "free" cell, they make a bingo card that can be played at conferences around the world. Individual bingo cards can be downloaded from the EDP web site. For more information about the original 12, please refer to: Misleading Performance in Supercomputing Field by D. H. Bailey. In summary, they are as follows.