What's New in Parallel Computing Toolkit 2.1

Version 2.1 is fully compatible with Version 2 and makes all innovations that are part of Mathematica 6 available for parallel computing. It supports the new graphics features and data sources, and allows several Mathematica 6 kernels to work together to solve larger problems.

Parallel Computing Toolkit 2.1 also supports the use of Mathematica 5.2 remote kernels.

Features Added in Version 2.0

• More-automatic parallelization with ParallelEvaluate
• Improved configuration of remote Mathematica kernels
• Scheduling takes relative processor speeds and communication latencies into account for better load balancing
• Programmable scheduling for easy problem-specific optimization
• Enhanced support for tracing and debugging
• Speculative parallelization using ParallelTry
• Code now runs unchanged on scalar and parallel setups
• Additional utility functions for finer control and ease of use