An analysis of VI Architecture primitives in support of parallel and distributed communication

We present the results of a detailed study of the Virtual Interface (VI) paradigm as a communication foundation for a distributed computing environment. Using Active Messages and the Split-C global memory model, we analyze the inherent costs of using VI primitives to implement these highlevel communication abstractions. We demonstrate a minimum mapping cost (i.e. the host processing required to map raction to a lower abstraction) of 5.4

• Type: Journal
• Year: 2002
• Where: CONCURRENCY
• Authors: Andrew Begel, Philip Buonadonna, David E. Culler, David Gay
• Keywords: Active Messages, CONCURRENCY 2002, Individual Vi Primitives, VI Primitives