plapackJava: Towards an efficient Java interface for high performance parallel linear algebra

摘要

Java is gaining acceptance as a language for high performance computing, as it is platform independent and safe. A parallel linear algebra package is fundamental for developing parallel numerical applications. In this appear, we present plapackJava, a Java interface to PLAPACK, a parallel linear algebra library. This interface is simple to use and object-oriented, with good support for initialization of distributed objects. The experiments we have performed indicate that plapackJava does not introduce a significant overhead with respect to PLAPACK.