DocumentCode :
3069651
Title :
A performance monitor for the MSPARC multicomputer
Author :
Harden, J. ; Reese, D. ; To, F. ; Linder, D. ; Borchert, C. ; Jones, G.
Author_Institution :
NSF Eng. Res. Center, Mississippi State Univ., Starkville, MS, USA
fYear :
1992
fDate :
12-15 Apr 1992
Firstpage :
724
Abstract :
A hybrid performance monitor developed for MSPARC, a mesh-connected, message-passing multicomputer, is described. The development of the hybrid performance monitor was a cross-disciplinary enterprise requiring custom hardware and a range of software support including monitor code, driver interfaces, probe history acquisition and processing, graphical display, and application probe injection. Programmable hardware was designed to unobtrusively collect events on each node and maintain their accurate chronological order. This distributed collection system was coupled by its independent network to a central monitor where data selection and presentation techniques played an important role in the visualization of the parallel system´s execution
Keywords :
message passing; parallel machines; performance evaluation; program testing; MSPARC multicomputer; application probe injection; chronological order; cross-disciplinary enterprise; custom hardware; data selection; distributed collection system; driver interfaces; graphical display; hybrid performance monitor; mesh-connected; message-passing multicomputer; monitor code; presentation techniques; probe history acquisition; software support; Application software; Computational modeling; Computer simulation; Computerized monitoring; Concurrent computing; Costs; Displays; Hardware; Probes; System testing;
fLanguage :
English
Publisher :
ieee
Conference_Titel :
Southeastcon '92, Proceedings., IEEE
Conference_Location :
Birmingham, AL
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-0494-2
Type :
conf
DOI :
10.1109/SECON.1992.202424
Filename :
202424
Link To Document :
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