Parallel Computing Environments and Methods

Recent advances in high-speed networks, rapid improvements in microprocessor design, and availability of highly performing clustering software implementations enables cost-effective high-performance parallel computing on clustered low cost workstations and PCs. Such clusters are very attractive because they rely on available of the shelf hardware and software technologies. To simpha programming in network environments and to realise component-based software architectures, many models have emerged as possible standards, namely, RPC: Remote Procedure Call, DCE: Distributed Computing Environment, DCOM: Distributed Component Object Model, CORBA: Common Object Request Broker Architecture, PVM: Parallel Virtual Machine and MPI: Message Passing Interface. The MPI approach is considered one of the most mature methods currently used in parallel programming. MPI implementations on emerging cluster interconnects are an important requirement for useful parallel processing on cost-effective comput...

• Type: Conference
• Year: 2000
• Where: PARELEC
• Authors: Ghassan Fadlallah, Michel Lavoie, Louis-A. Dessaint
• Keywords: Common Object Request Broker Architecture, Computing Environments, Distributed And Parallel Computing, Parallel Computing, PARELEC 2000