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>   a = (unsigned int*)malloc (rows * columns * sizeof (unsigned int));

> Rows - 100000000, Columns - 3
> Failure : Unable to allocate storage

You are allocating 1.2 GB in a single request here.  If you have enough
memory and disk storage for swapping this might work, but in many 
environments it won't.  You many need to reconfigure something for an
allocation this large.