ParaDiGM: A Highly Scalable Shared-Memory Multi-Computer Architecture.

Abstract

ParaDiGM is a highly scalable shared memory multi-computer architecture. It is being developed to demonstrate the feasibility of building a relatively low cost shared memory parallel computer that scales to large configurations, and yet provides sequential programs with performance comparable to a high end microprocessor. A key problem is building a scalable memory hierarchy. In this paper we describe the ParaDIGM architecture, highlighting the innovations of our approach and presenting results of our evaluation of the design. We envision that scalable shared-memory multiprocessors like ParaDiGM will soon become the dominant form of parallel processing, even for very large scale computation, providing a uniform platform for parallel programming systems and applications.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Nov 01, 1990
Accession Number
ADA325912

Entities

People

  • David R. Cheriton
  • Hendrik A. Goosen
  • Patrick D. Boyle

Organizations

  • Stanford University

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Access Time
  • Algorithms
  • Application Software
  • Circuit Boards
  • Computations
  • Computer Programming
  • Computer Science
  • Computers
  • Computing System Architectures
  • Data Transmission
  • Multiprocessors
  • Operating Systems
  • Parallel Computing
  • Processing Equipment
  • Servers (Computer Hardware)
  • Simulations
  • Test And Evaluation

Fields of Study

  • Computer science
  • Engineering

Readers

  • Parallel and Distributed Computing.
  • Systems Analysis and Design