Pi: A Parallel Architecture Interface for Multi-Model Execution

Title: en_US Pi: A Parallel Architecture Interface for Multi-Model Execution
Creator: en_US Wills, Donald Scott
Date: 2004-10-20T20:23:06Z
Date Available: 2004-10-20T20:23:06Z
Date Issued: en_US 1990-05-01
Identifier: en_US AITR-1245
uri: http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/7035
Abstract: en_US This thesis defines Pi, a parallel architecture interface that separates model and machine issues, allowing them to be addressed independently. This provides greater flexibility for both the model and machine builder. Pi addresses a set of common parallel model requirements including low latency communication, fast task switching, low cost synchronization, efficient storage management, the ability to exploit locality, and efficient support for sequential code. Since Pi provides generic parallel operations, it can efficiently support many parallel programming models including hybrids of existing models. Pi also forms a basis of comparison for architectural components.
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Language: en_US
Relation: en_US AITR-1245