MONITORS, MESSAGES, AND CLUSTERS - THE P4 PARALLEL PROGRAMMING SYSTEM

被引:63
作者
BUTLER, RM
LUSK, EL
机构
[1] ARGONNE NATL LAB,DIV MATH & COMP SCI,ARGONNE,IL 60439
[2] UNIV N FLORIDA,COLL COMP SCI & ENGN,JACKSONVILLE,FL 32224
基金
美国国家科学基金会;
关键词
MESSAGE PASSING; PORTABILITY; P4; PERFORMANCE; P4 SYSTEM ARCHITECTURE; APPLICATIONS;
D O I
10.1016/0167-8191(94)90028-0
中图分类号
TP301 [理论、方法];
学科分类号
081202 ;
摘要
p4 is a portable library of C and Fortran subroutines for programming parallel computers. It is the current version of a system that has been in use since 1984. It includes features for explicit parallel programming of shared-memory machines, distributed-memory machines (including heterogeneous networks of workstations), and clusters, by which we mean shared-memory multiprocessors communicating via message passing. We discuss here the design goals, history, and system architecture of p4 and describe briefly a diverse collection of applications that have demonstrated the utility of p4.
引用
收藏
页码:547 / 564
页数:18
相关论文
共 27 条
[1]  
BECK B, 1988, 2ND P ANN M SEQ US R, P187
[2]   THE PERFECT-CLUB BENCHMARKS - EFFECTIVE PERFORMANCE EVALUATION OF SUPERCOMPUTERS [J].
BERRY, M ;
CHEN, D ;
KOSS, P ;
KUCK, D ;
LO, S ;
PANG, Y ;
POINTER, L ;
ROLOFF, R ;
SAMEH, A ;
CLEMENTI, E ;
CHIN, S ;
SCHNEIDER, D ;
FOX, G ;
MESSINA, P ;
WALKER, D ;
HSIUNG, C ;
SCHWARZMEIER, J ;
LUE, K ;
ORSZAG, S ;
SEIDL, F ;
JOHNSON, O ;
GOODRUM, R ;
MARTIN, J .
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SUPERCOMPUTER APPLICATIONS AND HIGH PERFORMANCE COMPUTING, 1989, 3 (03) :5-40
[3]   THE ARGONNE GMD MACROS IN FORTRAN FOR PORTABLE PARALLEL PROGRAMMING AND THEIR IMPLEMENTATION ON THE INTEL IPSC/2 [J].
BOMANS, L ;
ROOSE, D ;
HEMPEL, R .
PARALLEL COMPUTING, 1990, 15 (1-3) :119-132
[4]  
BUTLER R, 1992, ANL9217 TECHN REP
[5]  
BUTLER RM, 1993, 2ND P S HIGH PERF DI
[6]  
CANFIELD T, 1992, AMD, V143, P103
[7]  
CANFIELD TR, 1992, P 1992 PRESSURE VESS, V246, P103
[8]  
GABRIEL T, 1985, PARALLEL MIMD COMPUT, P367
[9]  
GALBREATH N, 1993, P SIAM C PARALLEL PR
[10]  
GROPP W, 1993, IN PRESS PARALLEL PR