MINTABS: early experiences with a new paradigm for programming SIMD computers

Author

Hensgen, Debra A. ; Wilsey, Philip A.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Cincinnati Univ., OH, USA

fYear

1992

fDate

9-12 Jun 1992

Firstpage

110

Lastpage

117

Abstract

A programming paradigm for massively parallel SIMD computers is described. The paradigm requires that each program be compiled into a special instruction set. Initially, the MINTABS software architecture´s instruction set is used. A process is assigned to a processing element (PE) by storing its instructions and data at that PE. The control unit broadcasts a fixed control algorithm and the PEs use it to interpret their own program. Initial experiments have demonstrated an increase in throughput by a factor of more than 700 on an 8192-processor machine. The throughput also increases linearly with the number of processors

Keywords

instruction sets; parallel processing; programming environments; 8192-processor machine; MINTABS; fixed control algorithm; instruction set; massively parallel SIMD computers; processing element; programming SIMD computers; Computational modeling; Concurrent computing; Costs; Counting circuits; Kinematics; Linear programming; Parallel processing; Programming profession; Testing; Throughput;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Distributed Computing Systems, 1992., Proceedings of the 12th International Conference on

Conference_Location

Yokohama

Print_ISBN

0-8186-2865-0

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICDCS.1992.235049

Filename

235049