Title :
Towards a Multicore Communications API Implementation (MCAPI) for the Intel Single-Chip Cloud Computer (SCC)
Author :
Clauss, Carsten ; Pickartz, Simon ; Lankes, Stefan ; Bemmerl, Thomas
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Oper. Syst., RWTH Aachen Univ., Aachen, Germany
Abstract :
In this paper, we present a prototype implementation of the Multicore Communications API (MCAPI) for the Intel Single-Chip Cloud Computer (SCC). The SCC is a 48 core concept vehicle for future many-core systems that exhibit message-passing oriented architectures. The MCAPI specification, recently developed by the Multicore Association, resembles a lightweight interface for message-passing in today´s multicore systems. The presented prototype implementation should be used to evaluate the MCAPI´s capability and feasibility for its employment also in future many-core systems.
Keywords :
application program interfaces; cloud computing; message passing; microprocessor chips; multiprocessing systems; software architecture; Intel single-chip cloud computer; MCAPI specification; SCC; lightweight interface; many-core systems; message passing oriented architectures; multicore association; multicore communications API implementation; multicore systems; Hardware; Multicore processing; Peer to peer computing; Programming; Standards; Topology; Communication Interfaces; Many-core;
Conference_Titel :
Parallel and Distributed Computing (ISPDC), 2012 11th International Symposium on
Conference_Location :
Munich/Garching, Bavaria
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4673-2599-8
DOI :
10.1109/ISPDC.2012.28
