The KSR 1: bridging the gap between shared memory and MPPs

Author

Frank, S. ; Burkhardt, H., III ; Rothnie, J.

Author_Institution

Kendall Square Res. Corp., Waltham, MA, USA

fYear

1993

fDate

22-26 Feb. 1993

Firstpage

285

Lastpage

294

Abstract

The KSR 1 bridges the gap between the historical shared memory model and massively parallel processors (MPPs) by delivering the shared memory programming model and all of its benefits in a scalable, highly parallel architecture. The KSR 1 runs a broad range of mainstream applications, ranging from numerically intensive computation to online transaction processing (OLTP) and database management and inquiry. The use of shared memory makes possible a standards-based open environment. The KSR 1´s shared memory programming model is made possible by a new architectural technique called ALLCACHE memory.<>

Keywords

parallel architectures; ALLCACHE memory; KSR 1; database management; highly parallel architecture; inquiry; mainstream applications; massively parallel processors; numerically intensive computation; online transaction processing; shared memory model; shared memory programming model; standards-based open environment; Application software; Computer architecture; Computer science; Innovation management; Memory management; Modems; Physics computing; Programming profession; System software; Workstations;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Compcon Spring '93, Digest of Papers.

Conference_Location

San Francisco, CA, USA

Print_ISBN

0-8186-3400-6

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/CMPCON.1993.289682

Filename

289682