The performance of asynchronous algorithms on hypercubes
Author(s) -
David E. Womble
Publication year - 1988
Publication title -
osti oai (u.s. department of energy office of scientific and technical information)
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Reports
DOI - 10.2172/6548901
Subject(s) - asynchronous communication , hypercube , computer science , parallel computing , implementation , algorithm , parallel algorithm , node (physics) , theoretical computer science , computer network , programming language , structural engineering , engineering
Many asynchronous algorithms have been developed for parallel computers. Most implementations of asynchronous algorithms, however, have been for shared memory machines. In this paper, we study the implementation and performance of some common asynchronous algorithms on the NCUBE/ten, a 1024 node hypercube. In addition, we summarize existing theoretical work and discuss some classes of algorithms that can be made asynchronous and some that cannot. 16 refs., 3 figs.
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