ISSN:
1573-7640
Keywords:
Communication channels
;
control-parallel programming
;
data-parallel programming
;
Dataparallel C
;
Intel iWarp
Source:
Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
Topics:
Computer Science
Notes:
Abstract We describe a system that allows programmers to take advantage of both control and data parallelism through multiple intercommunicating data-parallel modules. This programming environment extends C-type stream I/O to include intermodule communication channels. The programmer writes each module as a separate data-parallel program, then develops a channel linker specification describing how to connect the modules together. A channel linker we have developed loads the separate modules on to the parallel machine and binds the communication channels together as specified. We present performance data that demonstrates a mixed control- and data-parallel solution can yield better performance than a strictly data-parallel solution. The system described currently runs on the Intel iWarp multicomputer.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF01407837
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