SDAARC: an extended cache-only memory architecture

An established data distribution paradigm - extended to include automatic distribution of instruction sequences - might help overcome the traditional difficulties associated with parallel programming. The self-distributing associative architecture (SDAARC) that we describe is based on the cache-only memory architecture concept, but extends the data migration mechanisms with migrating microthreads and a scheduling concept. We present the architecture in a top-down fashion, consider it first as a complete system consisting of compiler and runtime technology, then examine the compiler technology and the runtime system in greater detail