Performance evaluation for multiprocessors programmed using monitors
Author(s) -
B. J. Lucier
Publication year - 1988
Publication title -
university of minnesota digital conservancy (university of minnesota)
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Conference proceedings
ISSN - 0163-5999
ISBN - 0-89791-254-3
DOI - 10.1145/55595.55598
Subject(s) - computer science , multiprocessing , parallel computing , synchronization (alternating current) , code (set theory) , decomposition , domain (mathematical analysis) , shared memory , grid , domain decomposition methods , distributed computing , programming language , mathematics , ecology , channel (broadcasting) , geometry , computer network , mathematical analysis , set (abstract data type) , biology , physics , finite element method , thermodynamics
We present a classification of synchronization delays inherent in multiprocessor systems programmed using the monitor paradigm. This characterization is useful in relating performance of such systems to algorithmic parameters in subproblems such as domain decomposition. We apply this approach to a parallel, adaptive grid code for solving the equations of one-dimensional gas dynamics implemented on shared memory multiprocessors such as the Encore Multimax.
Accelerating Research
Robert Robinson Avenue,
Oxford Science Park, Oxford
OX4 4GP, United Kingdom
Address
John Eccles HouseRobert Robinson Avenue,
Oxford Science Park, Oxford
OX4 4GP, United Kingdom