Monitors, messages, and clusters : the p4 parallel programming system.

Journal Article · Sat Jan 01 04:00:00 EST 1994 · Parallel Comput.

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/0167-8191(94)90028-0· OSTI ID:937680

Butler, R M; Lusk, E T

p4 is a portable library of C and Fortran subroutines for programming parallel computers. It is the current version of a system that has been in use since 1984. It includes features for explicit parallel programming of shared-memory machines, distributed-memory machines (including heterogeneous networks of workstations), and clusters, by which we mean shared-memory multiprocessors communicating via message passing. We discuss here the design goals, history, and system architecture of p4 and describe briefly a diverse collection of applications that have demonstrated the utility of p4.

• Research Organization: Argonne National Laboratory (ANL)
• Sponsoring Organization: ER
• DOE Contract Number: AC02-06CH11357
• OSTI ID: 937680
• Report Number(s): ANL/MCS/JA-11033
• Journal Information: Parallel Comput., Journal Name: Parallel Comput. Journal Issue: 4 ; 1994 Vol. 20; ISSN PACOEJ; ISSN 0167-8191
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: ENGLISH

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