Third International Workshop

PARALLEL NUMERICS '96

Gozd Martuljek, Slovenia
September 11-13, 1996


Using Threads for Developing Parallel Applications: Molecular Dynamics as a Case Study

Pier-Eric Bernard, Brigitte Plateau, Denis Trystram

LMC-IMAG
BP 53X
38041 Grenoble Cedex 9, France
E-Mail: denis.trystram@imag.fr

Threads are gaining popularity, the aim of this paper is to show how useful they can be for developing large actual applications. After a presentation of threads, we will analyze their utilization on the development of a large code of molecular dynamics.