PDDP: a parallel data distribution preprocessor

Author

Warren, Karen H.

Author_Institution

Lawrence Livermore Nat. Lab., CA, USA

fYear

1993

Firstpage

23

Abstract

PDDP, a Fortran preprocessor under development at LLNL, is directed to a massively parallel machine with loosely coupled distributed shared memory. Using Fortran 90 array syntax and a Fortran D method of distribution, PDDP achieves a semiautomatic parallelization and offers the convenience of programming a shared virtual address space. The backend for PDDP is PFP, a split-join model also in the form of a Fortran preprocessor, that uses the team concept of parallel computing. The BBN TC2000 computer is the developmental platform for PDDP. Initial timings show a definite improvement of performance over a configuration in which the shared data are distributed by normal system interleaving procedures

Keywords

FORTRAN; program processors; BBN TC2000 computer; Fortran 90 array syntax; Fortran D; Fortran preprocessor; PDDP; loosely coupled distributed shared memory; massively parallel machine; parallel data distribution preprocessor; shared virtual address space; split-join model; system interleaving; Automatic control; Automatic programming; Concurrent computing; Interleaved codes; Laboratories; Microprocessors; Parallel processing; Parallel programming; Software tools; Timing;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

System Sciences, 1993, Proceeding of the Twenty-Sixth Hawaii International Conference on

Conference_Location

Wailea, HI

Print_ISBN

0-8186-3230-5

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/HICSS.1993.284055

Filename

284055