• DocumentCode
    1555403
  • Title

    Balancing contention and synchronization on the Intel Paragon

  • Author

    Bokhari, Shahid H. ; Nicol, David M.

  • Author_Institution
    Univ. of Eng. & Technol., Lahore, Pakistan
  • Volume
    5
  • Issue
    2
  • fYear
    1997
  • Firstpage
    74
  • Lastpage
    83
  • Abstract
    The authors show how synchronization time can be reduced by increasing contention. Their experience indicates that, despite improvements in interprocessor communication hardware, parallel algorithm designers still need to take topology into account to obtain high performance
  • Keywords
    distributed memory systems; message passing; multiprocessor interconnection networks; parallel algorithms; parallel machines; software performance evaluation; Intel Paragon; contention; parallel algorithm design; synchronization; topology; Algorithm design and analysis; Concurrent computing; Educational institutions; Hardware; Integrated circuit interconnections; Message passing; Parallel algorithms; Power engineering and energy; Processor scheduling; Routing;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Concurrency, IEEE
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    1092-3063
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/4434.588296
  • Filename
    588296
    • Link To Document
    https://search.isc.ac/dl/search/defaultta.aspx?DTC=49&DC=1555403