Accession Number:
ADA232790
Title:
Shared Versus Distributed Memory Multiprocessors
Descriptive Note:
Contractor rept.
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INSTITUTE FOR COMPUTER APPLICATIONS IN SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING HAMPTON VA
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Report Date:
1991-01-01
Pagination or Media Count:
20.0
Abstract:
The question of whether multiprocessors should have shared or distributed memory has attracted a great deal of attention. Some researchers argue strongly for building distributed memory machines, while others argue just as strongly for programming shared memory multiprocessors. A great deal of research is underway on both types of parallel systems. This paper puts special emphasis on systems with a very large number of processors for computation intensive tasks and considers research and implementation trends. It appears that the two types of system will likely converge to a common form for large scale multiprocessors.
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Subject Categories:
- Computer Programming and Software