Title :
Cedar architecture and its software
Author :
Emrath, Perry A. ; Padua, David A. ; Yew, Pen-Chung
Author_Institution :
Center for Supercomput. Res. & Dev., Illinois Univ., Urbana, IL, USA
Abstract :
The Cedar system is clustered shared-memory multiprocessor system. The architecture and the main system features of the Cedar system were designed to meet the following goals: (1) to be a general-purpose high-performance machine for parallel processing; (2) to be scalable both architecturally and physically to a very large system; and (3) to be easy to program with a good environment for user support. To achieve these design goals, software on the Cedar system plays a very important role. The authors describe the relations between the software and the underlying hardware, including the architecture, on the Cedar system
Keywords :
computer architecture; Cedar architecture; Cedar system; clustered shared-memory multiprocessor system; general-purpose high-performance machine; parallel processing; software; system features; Computer architecture; Electronic components; Multiprocessing systems; Operating systems; Parallel processing; Prototypes; Research and development; Software design; Supercomputers; Switches;
Conference_Titel :
System Sciences, 1989. Vol.I: Architecture Track, Proceedings of the Twenty-Second Annual Hawaii International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Kailua-Kona, HI
Print_ISBN :
0-8186-1911-2
DOI :
10.1109/HICSS.1989.47171