A parallel computer model supporting procedure-based communication

Procedure-based communication can convert variant communication patterns of parallel computation to a simple data sending and receiving process. The author describes a general-purpose, MIMD parallel architecture that effectively supports the procedure-based communication. The system uses a two-dimensional memory array and a multiple-bus system as data transfer media. The system eliminates bus contention and reduces memory access conflicts. In spite of its partially shared memory, the architecture guarantees direct data access for all processors if a procedure-based communication is used