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The Tempest Approach to Distributed Shared Memory
Wood, David A.
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Hill, Mark D.
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Larus, James R.
1996
1996 IEEE International Conference on Computer Design: VLSI in Computers and Processors
This paper summarizes how distributed shared memory (DSM) can be both efficiently and portably supported by the Tempest interface. Tempest is a collection of mechanisms for communication and synchronization in parallel programs. These mechanisms provide compilers, libraries, and application programs the ability to exploit the best of shared memory, message passing, and hybrid combinations of the two. Because Tempest provides mechanisms, not policies, programmers can tailor communication to a program's sharing pattern and semantics. And since the mechanisms are easily supported on different machines, Tempest provides a portable interface across a wide range of platforms
Type
conference paper
Authors
Wood, David A.
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Hill, Mark D.
•
Larus, James R.
Publication date
1996
Publisher
Published in
1996 IEEE International Conference on Computer Design: VLSI in Computers and Processors
Start page
63
End page
64
Peer reviewed
REVIEWED
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December 23, 2013
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