A Prototype Virtual Port Memory Multiprocessor

Abstract

A Small Bus-based Proto;type Virtual Port Memory Machine is Described. Definition: A virtual port memory multiprocessor architecture provides each process of a computation or concurrent system with a private virtual address space and pass by value message passing semantics, based upon an underlying hardware structure consisting of a global memory, equally accessible to all processors, and a pass by reference message network.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
May 01, 1988
Accession Number
ADA217115

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  • Eric E. Johnson

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  • New Mexico State University

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