Title :
A generic multi virtual machines architecture for distributed parallel operating systems design
Author_Institution :
Lab. de Genie Inf., IMAG, Grenoble, France
Abstract :
The author presents the architecture of a new family of parallel operating systems based on an alternative design approach when compared to multiprogramming, namely, generic construction of parallel virtual machines. This construction is made according to needs of models for parallel programming which shall be supported as subsystems by the parallel operating system kernel. The author presents the PAROS architecture and its generic kernel ParX which has been designed for message passing parallel computers. Several parallel virtual machines are also described, such as for instance a diffusion virtual machine, and a message passing-shared data virtual machine
Keywords :
message passing; network operating systems; parallel architectures; parallel machines; parallel programming; virtual machines; PAROS architecture; alternative design approach; diffusion virtual machine; distributed parallel operating systems design; generic construction; generic kernel ParX; generic multi virtual machines architecture; message passing parallel computers; message passing-shared data virtual machine; multiprogramming; parallel OS kernel; parallel programming; parallel virtual machines; Application software; Computer architecture; Computer networks; Concurrent computing; Kernel; Message passing; Multiprocessor interconnection networks; Operating systems; Parallel programming; Virtual machining;
Conference_Titel :
Heterogeneous Computing Workshop, 1994., Proceedings
Conference_Location :
Cancun
Print_ISBN :
0-8186-5592-5
DOI :
10.1109/HCW.1994.324955
