Title :
The Convex C240 architecture
Author :
Chastain, Mike ; Gostin, Gary ; Mankovich, Jim ; Wallach, Steve
Author_Institution :
Convex Comput. Corp., Richardson, TX, USA
Abstract :
A description is given of the C240, a tightly coupled, shared memory, parallel multiprocessor that supports up to 40-ns ECL/CMOS Cray-like processors. It is managed by a fully semaphored Unix operating system and can support up to 4 Gb of directly addressable physical memory. Convex proprietary compiler technology provides automatic vectorization and parallelization for Fortran, C and Ada. The allocation of parallel threads to physical processors is managed by ASAP (automatic self-allocating processors), which dynamically allocates and deallocates parallel threads to the processors
Keywords :
parallel architectures; 40 ns; ASAP; Ada; C; Convex C240 architecture; ECL/CMOS Cray-like processors; Fortran; Unix operating system; automatic self-allocating processors; automatic vectorization; tightly coupled shared memory parallel multiprocessor; CMOS process; Innovation management; Kernel; Memory management; Parallel processing; Registers; Resource management; Space technology; Supercomputers; Yarn;
Conference_Titel :
Supercomputing '88. [Vol.1]., Proceedings.
Conference_Location :
Orlando, FL
Print_ISBN :
0-8186-0882-X
DOI :
10.1109/SUPERC.1988.44669
