How good is OpenMP

Issue title: OpenMP

Article type: Research Article

Authors: Mattson, Timothy G.

Affiliations: Intel Corporation, 2800 Center Drive, Mail Stop DP2-226, DuPont, WA 98327, USA. Tel.: +1 253 371 7094

Abstract: The OpenMP standard defines an Application Programming Interface (API) for shared memory computers. Since its introduction in 1997, it has grown to become one of the most commonly used API's for parallel programming. But success in the market doesn't necessarily imply successful computer science. Is OpenMP a "good" programming environment? What does it even mean to call a programming environment good? And finally, once we understand how good or bad OpenMP is; what can we do to make it even better? In this paper, we will address these questions.

Journal: Scientific Programming, vol. 11, no. 2, pp. 81-93, 2003