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- Path: sparky!uunet!haven.umd.edu!darwin.sura.net!gatech!hubcap!fpst
- From: cap@ifi.unizh.ch (Clemens Cap)
- Subject: Parallel Programming Platform
- Message-ID: <1992Sep9.124621.6184@ifi.unizh.ch>
- Sender: fpst@hubcap.clemson.edu (Steve Stevenson)
- Organization: University of Zurich, Department of Computer Science
- Date: Wed, 9 Sep 92 12:46:21 GMT
- Approved: parallel@hubcap.clemson.edu
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- Recently on this group there was a discussion about the advantages
- and disadvantages of parallel programming platforms and concepts
- like p4, PVM and LINDA.
-
- We want to draw the attention of this group to a similar approach
- called <The Parform> and developed at the University of Zurich.
- It is a parallel proramming model based on message passing and presently
- implemented in a network of UNIX workstations. Efficient ports to
- multiprocessor systems are planned for the near future. In principle
- it may be compared to p4 and PVM, but The Parform has a number of
- interesting advantages:
-
- ** Heterogeneous prepartitioning of tasks
- ** Dynamic load balancing
- ** Very fast startup
- ** Direct and fast message transfer without demon activities
- and message copying
- ** Flexible and fast startup and shutdown procedures
- ** Support for heterogeneous architectures
- ** SPMD programming model
-
- At claude.ifi.unizh.ch you can retrieve /pub/techreports/ifi-92.07.ps.Z
- a technical report describing the new features and speedups of an
- early version of The Parform. A more detailed report on the application
- and user interface of the present version will be available soon.
-
- For more information read the mentioned technical report or contact
- cap@ifi.unizh.ch.
- --
- * Dr. Clemens H. CAP cap@ifi.unizh.ch
- * Dept. of Computer Science Phone +(1) 257-4326 (office)
- * University of Zurich Phone +(1) 322 02 19 (home)
- * Winterthurerstr. 190 Fax +(1) 363 00 35
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