DocumentCode :
3502065
Title :
Scalable libraries in a heterogeneous environment
Author :
Skjellum, Anthony
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Comput. Sci., Mississippi State Univ., MS, USA
fYear :
1993
fDate :
20-23 Jul 1993
Firstpage :
13
Lastpage :
20
Abstract :
This paper concerns itself with efforts to extend multicomputer libraries to a hierarchical, heterogeneous network environment. Two classes of support for such libraries are discussed: first, the message-passing features needed to establish groups of communicating processes, and communication contexts within which libraries can safely work. Second, it discusses message-passing primitives that encapsulate heterogeneity, hiding it from the user program (and library alike), and eliminating it when it proves unnecessary (within a homogeneous invocation, for instance). The multicomputer toolbox first-generation scalable libraries, and zipcode message-passing systems are the means by which the author demonstrates his research, so they are discussed. He relates zipcode syntax and semantics to the emerging MPI standard, when appropriate
Keywords :
computer communications software; message passing; multiprocessing systems; MPI standard; communicating processes; communication contexts; heterogeneous environment; heterogeneous network environment; message-passing features; multicomputer libraries; multicomputer toolbox first-generation scalable libraries; scalable libraries; user program; zipcode; Computer science; Context; Data conversion; Data structures; Intelligent networks; Libraries; Mathematical programming; Runtime; Software performance; Topology;
fLanguage :
English
Publisher :
ieee
Conference_Titel :
High Performance Distributed Computing, 1993., Proceedings the 2nd International Symposium on
Conference_Location :
Spokane, WA
Print_ISBN :
0-8186-3900-8
Type :
conf
DOI :
10.1109/HPDC.1993.263862
Filename :
263862
Link To Document :
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