Chapter 4. Messaging with ZeroMQ and MPI
This chapter covers messaging and its use in parallel programming. Unlike threading, a system that utilizes multiple processes does not have a single memory area that the entire system can access. This means that if different subprocesses are to communicate, they must pass data back and forth in the form of messages. In this chapter, we will introduce and discuss two popular message passing mechanisms: ZeroMQ and MPI.
The following topics will be covered:
- The storage hierarchy address spaces, and data locality
- Concepts of ZeroMQ
- Messaging patterns in ZeroMQ
- Concepts of MPI
- Messaging patterns in MPI
- MPI and process control
The storage hierarchy
It is easy to ignore where data is stored in serial applications. This ...
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