The era of practical parallel programming has arrived, marked by the popularity of the mpi and openmp software standards and the emergence of commodity clusters as the hardware platform of choice for an increasing number of organizations. This exciting new book, parallel programming in c with mpi and openmp addresses the needs of students and professionals who want to learn how to design, analyze, implement, and benchmark parallel programs in c using mpi andor openmp. It introduces a rock-solid design methodology with coverage of the most important mpi functions and openmp directives. It also demonstrates, through a wide range of examples, how to develop parallel programs that will execute efficiently on todays parallel platforms.