Fine-Grain Message-Passing Concurrent Computers.

Abstract

Fine-grain concurrent computers, by operating at a fine grain, increase the amount of concurrency that can be efficiently exploited in a given problem. Programming is simplified because programs may be partitioned into natural units of methods and objects and these objects are addressed uniformly whether they are local or remote. The construction of these machines poses challenging problems in reducing overhead, increasing communication bandwidth, and developing resource management techniques. This paper describes this class of machines, the challenges posed by their construction, and recent progress toward meeting these challenges. Keywords; computers; manufacturing; fine grain concurrent computers.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Aug 01, 1988
Accession Number
ADA200789

Entities

People

  • Bill Dally

Organizations

  • Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Algorithms
  • Artificial Intelligence
  • Bandwidth
  • Computations
  • Computer Communications
  • Computer Networks
  • Computer Programming
  • Computer Science
  • Computers
  • Computing System Architectures
  • Construction
  • Electrical Engineering
  • Manufacturing
  • Models
  • Networks
  • Operating Systems
  • Resource Management

Fields of Study

  • Computer science
  • Engineering

Readers

  • Parallel and Distributed Computing.
  • Systems Analysis and Design