Distributed memory management system for pasm

Conference · Fri Dec 31 23:00:00 EST 1982

OSTI ID:5139511

Kuehn, J T; Siegel, H J; Grosz, M

PASM is a large-scale multimicroprocessor system being designed as a tool for studying parallel image processing and pattern recognition algorithms. This system can be dynamically reconfigured to operate as one or more SIMD and/or MIMD machines. The architecture of PASM is reviewed, emphasizing the subsystems that manage the data and program files. The interactions of the memory management system processors, secondary storage devices, and parallel computation unit memories are detailed. A file directory system for files distributed over many primary and secondary memory units is proposed. The requirements for loading parallel programs, including the format of object files, are also given. 22 references.

• OSTI ID: 5139511
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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99 GENERAL AND MISCELLANEOUS
990200* -- Mathematics & Computers
ALGORITHMS
ARCHITECTURE
ARRAY PROCESSORS
COMPUTERS
DATA PROCESSING
DISTRIBUTED DATA PROCESSING
ELECTRONIC CIRCUITS
IMAGE PROCESSING
MATHEMATICAL LOGIC
MICROELECTRONIC CIRCUITS
MICROPROCESSORS
PARALLEL PROCESSING
PATTERN RECOGNITION
PROCESSING
PROGRAMMING