Orchid: A portable platform for parallel programming

Voliotis, K; Manis, G; Lekatsas, Ch; Tsanakas, P; Papakonstantinou, G

dc.contributor.author	Voliotis, K	en
dc.contributor.author	Manis, G	en
dc.contributor.author	Lekatsas, Ch	en
dc.contributor.author	Tsanakas, P	en
dc.contributor.author	Papakonstantinou, G	en
dc.date.accessioned	2014-03-01T01:13:15Z
dc.date.available	2014-03-01T01:13:15Z
dc.date.issued	1997	en
dc.identifier.issn	1383-7621	en
dc.identifier.uri	https://dspace.lib.ntua.gr/xmlui/handle/123456789/12388
dc.subject	Distributed shared memory	en
dc.subject	Multicomputer systems	en
dc.subject	Parallel programming	en
dc.subject	Portability	en
dc.subject.classification	Computer Science, Hardware & Architecture	en
dc.subject.other	C (programming language)	en
dc.subject.other	Computer architecture	en
dc.subject.other	Computer operating systems	en
dc.subject.other	Computer software portability	en
dc.subject.other	Computer systems programming	en
dc.subject.other	Large scale systems	en
dc.subject.other	Logic programming	en
dc.subject.other	Mathematical models	en
dc.subject.other	Multiprocessing systems	en
dc.subject.other	Performance	en
dc.subject.other	Synchronization	en
dc.subject.other	Asynchronous process communication	en
dc.subject.other	Distributed shared memory	en
dc.subject.other	Multicomputer systems	en
dc.subject.other	Orchid system	en
dc.subject.other	Parallel programming	en
dc.subject.other	Polyparametric model	en
dc.subject.other	Process allocation	en
dc.subject.other	Parallel processing systems	en
dc.title	Orchid: A portable platform for parallel programming	en
heal.type	journalArticle	en
heal.identifier.primary	10.1016/S1383-7621(96)00057-4	en
heal.identifier.secondary	http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S1383-7621(96)00057-4	en
heal.language	English	en
heal.publicationDate	1997	en
heal.abstract	In this paper we present the Orchid system, a new portable and scalable platform for parallel programming, suitable for any type of distributed memory architecture. It includes C libraries that facilitate dynamic process allocation, asynchronous process communication, and global process synchronization. It also integrates a set of flexible mechanisms for the implementation of a wide variety of Distributed Shared Memory (DSM) paradigms. As an example, two different DSM paradigms are proposed. Moreover, a new polyparametric model is suggested, which can be used in the performance evaluation of any DSM paradigm. Orchid has been successfully used for the development of a large scale application, i.e. an environment for parallel logic programming, based on attribute grammars.	en
heal.publisher	ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV	en
heal.journalName	Journal of Systems Architecture	en
dc.identifier.doi	10.1016/S1383-7621(96)00057-4	en
dc.identifier.isi	ISI:A1997WP54400007	en
dc.identifier.volume	43	en
dc.identifier.issue	6-7	en
dc.identifier.spage	459	en
dc.identifier.epage	478	en