Title :
Barrier synchronization techniques for distributed process creation
Author :
Demara, R. ; Mortlagh, B. ; Lin, C. ; Kuo, S.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Univ. of Central Florida, Orlando, FL, USA
Abstract :
Synchronization techniques are proposed for algorithms which spawn processes remotely on loosely coupled processors based on run-time characteristics. The performance of the proposed synchronization schemes are measured on the iPSC/2 and SNAP-1 multiprocessors and their implementation cost is discussed. Results show that processes created dynamically throughout a distributed system can be synchronized at comparable overhead and cost to that required for fixed-location process creation
Keywords :
multiprocessing programs; parallel programming; performance evaluation; synchronisation; SNAP-1; barrier synchronization; distributed process creation; distributed system; hypercube networks; iPSC/2; loosely coupled processors; loosely coupled system; message-passing; performance; process creation; run-time characteristics; spawn-in-transit; symbolic processing; synchronization; Bandwidth; Costs; Degradation; Distributed computing; Hypercubes; Runtime;
Conference_Titel :
Parallel Processing Symposium, 1994. Proceedings., Eighth International
Conference_Location :
Cancun
Print_ISBN :
0-8186-5602-6
DOI :
10.1109/IPPS.1994.288243
