This dissertation addresses the problem of writing portable programs for parallel computers, including shared memory, distributed, and non-uniform memory access architectures. The basis of our approach is to separate the expression of the algorithm from the machine-dependent details that are necessary to achieve good performance. The method begins with a statement of the algorithm in a classic, explicitly parallel, manner. This basic program is then annotated to specify architecture-dependent details such as scheduling and mapping. These ideas have been cast in terms of a programming language, Par, which provides flexible facilities for a range of programming styles, from shared memory to message passing. Par is used to specify both the algorithm and the implementation of the annotations.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:arizona.edu/oai:arizona.openrepository.com:10150/185150 |
| Date | January 1990 |
| Creators | Coffin, Michael Howard |
| Contributors | Andrews, Gregory R., Downey, Peter, Hutchinson, Norm |
| Publisher | The University of Arizona. |
| Source Sets | University of Arizona |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | text, Dissertation-Reproduction (electronic) |
| Rights | Copyright © is held by the author. Digital access to this material is made possible by the University Libraries, University of Arizona. Further transmission, reproduction or presentation (such as public display or performance) of protected items is prohibited except with permission of the author. |
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