Programming three parallel computers

1 January 1988

journal article
Published by Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) in IEEE Software

Vol. 5 (1) , 11-22
https://doi.org/10.1109/52.1990

Abstract

Three commercial systems are considered from a programmer's point of view. The three are the Intel iPSC, a network of Inmos transputers, and the Sequent Balance. The differences in overhead are examined by implementing a solution to the traveling-salesman problem on all three. The evaluation focuses on three major issues in parallel programming: (1) how execution is divided among processing elements and how it is controlled; (2) how data are shared; and (3) how events are synchronized. The experiences of the authors are presented and some specific as well as general conclusions are drawn.

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Concepts and Notations for Concurrent Programming
ACM Computing Surveys, 1983
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