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NAS Parallel Benchmarks Version 3.2 (NPB3.2)------------------------------------------------   NAS Parallel Benchmarks Team  NASA Ames Research Center  Mail Stop: T27A-1  Moffett Field, CA   94035-1000   E-mail:  npb@nas.nasa.gov                                        Fax:     (650) 604-3957                                          http://www.nas.nasa.gov/Software/NPB/  ================================================INSTALLATION   For documentation on installing and running the NAS Parallel  Benchmarks, refer to subdirectory README files.  ================================================BACKGROUND   Information on NPB 3.2, including the technical reports, the            original specifications, source code, results and information          on how to submit new results, is available at:                             http://www.nas.nasa.gov/Software/NPB/                                ================================================Summary of New Features and Improvements (Details are given in Changes.log.)   in NPB3.2.1 from NPB3.2:   - A number of bug fixes for the MPI versions of {FT, LU, MG, BT} and     the OpenMP version of LU   - Improvements on the OpenMP versions of {EP, IS, UA}    (see *OMP/UA/README for a special note on UA)   in NPB3.2 from NPB3.1:   - Serial DC was converted to C from C++ (only classes S, W, A and B    are available)   - OpenMP version of DC was added (only classes S, W, A and B    are available)   - Inclusion of the new DT benchmark (MPI)   in NPB3.1 from NPB3.0 & NPB2.4:   - MPI, OpenMP, and Serial versions are now merged into one package   - Inclusion of the Class D problem in both serial and OpenMP versions   - Inclusion of the new UA benchmark (Serial & OpenMP)   - Inclusion of "LU-HP" in the OpenMP version   - Inclusion of the new DC benchmark (Serial)   - Use of relative errors for verification in both CG and MG   - Change in problem parameters for MG Class W  The NPB IO benchmark is part of NPB3.2-MPI.  Check the README filein that subdirectory for additional information. The Java and HPF implementations are not included in this distribution.Please use the NPB3.0 distribution.