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occam for multi-processor DEC alphas

Welch, Peter H. and Poole, Michael D. (1997) occam for multi-processor DEC alphas. In: Bakkers, A.W.P., ed. Parallel Programming and Java. Concurrent Systems Engineering Series, 50 . I O S Press, Amsterdam, pp. 152-174. ISBN 90-5199-336-6. (The full text of this publication is not currently available from this repository. You may be able to access a copy if URLs are provided) (KAR id:18034)

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Abstract

A multi-processor implementation of occam2.1 for interconnected DEC Alpha processors has been derived from the Kent Retargetable occam Compiler. Each Alpha processor is supported over a PCI bus by a T425 transputer, whose links complete the communications fabric. This paper reports on the software mechanisms for supporting these platforms from occam so that they appear just like any transputer system - a collection of processing nodes connected by channels placed on links. Advantage was taken of a proprietary multi-threading kernel, supplied as part of 3L Parallel C/AXP, to support parallel inter-node communication. occam multiprocessing is supported by the KRoC kernel running within one of the 3L threads. The performance of generated code and networked systems has been benchmarked, with particular care being taken to measure tile interaction overheads between the Alpha and its communication fabric. An image analysis program was also used in the benchmarking as an example of a real multi-processor application.

Item Type: Book section
Subjects: T Technology > T Technology (General)
Divisions: Divisions > Division of Computing, Engineering and Mathematical Sciences > School of Computing
Depositing User: T.J. Sango
Date Deposited: 29 Apr 2009 13:58 UTC
Last Modified: 16 Nov 2021 09:56 UTC
Resource URI: https://kar.kent.ac.uk/id/eprint/18034 (The current URI for this page, for reference purposes)

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Welch, Peter H..

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Poole, Michael D..

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