The evolution of the PVM concurrent computing system

Author

Geist, G.A. ; Sunderam, V.S.

Author_Institution

Oak Ridge Nat. Lab., TN, USA

fYear

1993

fDate

22-26 Feb. 1993

Firstpage

549

Lastpage

557

Abstract

The authors describe the evolution of the PVM (Parallel Virtual Machine) system, a software infrastructure for concurrent computing in networked environments. PVM is currently in use at several hundred institutions worldwide for applications ranging from scientific supercomputing to high-performance computations in medicine, discrete mathematics, and databases, and for learning parallel programming. The authors describe the historical evolution of the PVM system, outline the programming model and supported features, present results gained from its use, list representative applications from a variety of disciplines for which PVM has been used, and comment on future trends and ongoing research projects.<>

Keywords

parallel machines; parallel programming; virtual machines; PVM concurrent computing system; Parallel Virtual Machine; future trends; high-performance computations; historical evolution; networked environments; ongoing research projects; parallel programming; programming model; scientific supercomputing; software infrastructure; Application software; Concurrent computing; Distributed computing; Hardware; Laboratories; Message passing; Production; Software libraries; Software systems; Spatial databases;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Compcon Spring '93, Digest of Papers.

Conference_Location

San Francisco, CA, USA

Print_ISBN

0-8186-3400-6

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/CMPCON.1993.289733

Filename

289733