Parallel Computer Architectures: Theory, Hardware, Software, Applications

Johannes Schwider, Norbert Streibl, Konrad Zürl (auth.), Arndt Bode, Mario Dal Cin (eds.)3540573070, 9783540573074

Parallel computer architectures are now being used in applications ranging from image analysis to quantum mechanics. However, their use poses serious problems and requires the development of new techniques and tools. This book is a collection of the papers presented at a workshop on major research activity, held at the University of Erlangen-Nurnberg and the Technical University of Munich. The book is divided into five main parts: hardware aspects of multiprocessor systems; the performance of parallel systems; – architectures and tools for parallelization; – modelling techniques; and applications of parallel systems.

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Table of contents :
Front Matter….Pages I-VIII
Optoelectronic Interconnections….Pages 1-14
MEMSY….Pages 15-30
Fault Tolerance in Distributed Shared Memory Multiprocessors….Pages 31-48
Optimal Multiprogramming Control for Parallel Computations….Pages 49-65
The Distributed Hardware Monitor ZM4 and its Interface to MEMSY….Pages 66-79
Graph Models for Performance Evaluation of Parallel Programs….Pages 80-86
Load Management on Multiprocessor Systems….Pages 87-101
Randomized Shared Memory—Concept and Efficiency of a Scalable Shared Memory Scheme….Pages 102-117
Methods for Exploitation of Fine-Grained Parallelism….Pages 118-132
Causality Based Proof of a Distributed Shared Memory System….Pages 133-149
Object- and Memory-Management Architecture….Pages 150-165
An Orthogonal Distribution Language for Uniform Object-Oriented Languages….Pages 166-179
Towards the Implementation of a Uniform Object Model….Pages 180-189
Focus : A Formal Design Method for Distributed Systems….Pages 190-202
Parallelism in a Semantic Network for Image Understanding….Pages 203-218
Architectures for Parallel Slicing Enumeration in VLSI Layout….Pages 219-233
Application of Fault Parallelism to the Automatic Test Pattern Generation for Sequential Circuits….Pages 234-245
Parallel Sorting of Large Data Volumes on Distributed Memory Multiprocessors….Pages 246-264
Quantum Mechanical Programs for Distributed Systems: Strategies and Results….Pages 265-275
On the Parallel Solution of 3D PDEs on a Network of Workstations and on Vector Computers….Pages 276-291
Numerical Simulation of Complex Fluid Flows on MIMD Computers….Pages 292-306
Back Matter….Pages 307-316