Parallel programming using the MMX operating system and its processor

Author

Gabber, Eran

Author_Institution

Raymond & Beverly Sackler Fac. of Exact Sci., Tel-Aviv Univ., Israel

fYear

1988

fDate

6-7 Jun 1988

Firstpage

122

Lastpage

132

Abstract

MMX (multiprocessor multitasking executive) is a small yet powerful operating system for shared memory multiprocessors. The MMX parallel processor is a small shared bus multiprocessor assembled from several commercial processor boards. Together, MMX and its parallel processor provide a flexible and powerful testbed for parallel software development. The author describes MMX design principles, its structure and services. Parallel programming techniques with MMX are demonstrated with special emphasis on work distribution. The author concludes with some MMX timing and speedup measurements of several parallel programs

Keywords

multiprogramming; parallel machines; parallel programming; MMX design principles; MMX operating system; MMX parallel processor; MMX timing; commercial processor boards; multiprocessor multitasking executive; parallel programming techniques; parallel programs; parallel software development; powerful operating system; shared memory multiprocessors; small shared bus multiprocessor; speedup measurements; work distribution; Computer science; Message passing; Multitasking; Operating systems; Parallel processing; Parallel programming; Software testing; Timing; Velocity measurement; Writing;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Computer Systems and Software Engineering, 1988. Proceedings., Third Israel Conference on

Conference_Location

Tel-Aviv

Print_ISBN

0-8186-0884-6

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICCSSE.1988.72252

Filename

72252