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Title: Debugging a high performance computing program

Patent ·
OSTI ID:1150217

Methods, apparatus, and computer program products are disclosed for debugging a high performance computing program by gathering lists of addresses of calling instructions for a plurality of threads of execution of the program, assigning the threads to groups in dependence upon the addresses, and displaying the groups to identify defective threads.

Research Organization:
International Business Machines Corp., Armonk, NY (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE
DOE Contract Number:
B519700
Assignee:
International Business Machines Corporation (Armonk, NY)
Patent Number(s):
8,813,037
Application Number:
13/780,215
OSTI ID:
1150217
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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