Special issue on languages, compilers and environments for parallel programming

Journal Article · Sat Oct 01 00:00:00 EDT 1988 · J. Parallel Distrib. Comput.; (United States)

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/0743-7315(88)90008-1· OSTI ID:6215084

Kuck, D J; Polychronopoulos, C D

The first half of the 1980s was a period of important change in computer architecture. Many companies introduced multiple processor systems with the potential for parallel processing of single jobs. These systems ranged from supercomputers, through minisupercomputers, down to superminicomputers. In 1988 this architectural phenomenon is reaching down to the level of personal workstations. Software to allow convenient exploitation of this parallelism has not enjoyed the same growth rate that the architectures themselves have. Languages and restructuring compilers for vector machines are now becoming well understood, after a decade of development. The next decade should lead to a good understanding of parallelism plus vectors. In that time frame and beyond, it is expected that integrated environments for software development will also begin to mature. Applications software and operating systems are, of course, also required, but the present volume does not address these issues. This introduction briefly describes the eight papers in this special issue, which deal with issues ranging from languages to programming environments.

• Research Organization: Center for Supercomputing Research and Development, Univ. of Illinois, Urbana, IL (US)
• OSTI ID: 6215084
• Journal Information: J. Parallel Distrib. Comput.; (United States), Vol. 5:5
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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99 GENERAL AND MISCELLANEOUS//MATHEMATICS, COMPUTING, AND INFORMATION SCIENCE
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COMPUTER ARCHITECTURE
ARRAY PROCESSORS
COMPUTER CODES
INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION
MEETINGS
PERFORMANCE TESTING
PROCEEDINGS
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TESTING
990210* - Supercomputers- (1987-1989)